Spousal illness or death may impose stress on a partner or deprive a partner of social, emotional, economic, or other practical support. When a spouse falls ill or dies, partners may increase harmful behavior, such as drinking. Stress and lack of social support may also adversely affect immunologic measures, so spousal hospitalization may have physiological effects on partners.
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