The Experience of Caring for a Loved One: A Phenomenological Study

Nursing Science Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-59

  Gates, Kathleen M ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Family caregiving; Parse's theory; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HAPPINESS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033992787     PISSN: 08943184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08943180022107285     Document Type: Article

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