Unmet desire for caregiver-patient communication and increased caregiver burden

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-65

  Fried, Terri R ^a,b   Bradley, Elizabeth H ^b   O'Leary, John R ^b   Byers, Amy L ^c  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Chronic disease; Communication

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; AGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAREGIVERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 14544302811     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53011.x     Document Type: Article

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