The relationship between patient characteristics and carer psychological status in home palliative cancer care

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 638-643

  Harding, Richard ^a   Higginson, Irene J ^a   Donaldson, Nora ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burden; Cancer; Caregivers; Distress; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0141954202     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-003-0500-6     Document Type: Article

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