Distressing emotions in female caregivers of people with AIDS, age-related dementias, and advanced-stage cancers

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 121-130

  Flaskerud, Jacquelyn H ^a   Carter, Patricia A ^b   Lee, Patricia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related dementia; AIDS; Cancer; Distressing emotions; Informal caregivers; Sleep problems

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0034309140     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2000.tb00600.x     Document Type: Article

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