Relationship of caregiver reactions and depression to cancer patients' symptoms, functional states and depression-A longitudinal view

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 837-846

  Kurtz, Margot E ^a   Kurtz, J C ^a   Given, Charles W ^a   Given, Barbara ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; caregiver; depression; optimism; symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PERSONALITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPOUSES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028955179     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(94)00249-S     Document Type: Article

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