Involvement of relatives in the care of the dying in different care cultures: Involvement in the dark or in the light?

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 106-116

  Andershed, Birgitta ^a   Ternestedt, Britt Marie ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Caregiving; Family; Involvement; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DYING; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SURGICAL WARD; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPOUSES; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0031978810     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-199804000-00004     Document Type: Article

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