Determinants of family care giver reaction: New and recurrent cancer

Cancer Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-24

  Given, Barbara A ^a   Given, Charles W ^b   Helms, Erik ^a   Stommel, Manfred ^a   DeVoss, Danielle N ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

family care giver; new cancer; recurrent cancer; symptom experience

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; FAMILY MEDICINE; HUMAN; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031046666     PISSN: 10654704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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