Caring for family members with chronic physical illness: A critical review of caregiver literature

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Lim, Jung Won ^a   Zebrack, Brad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family caregivers; Family stress theory; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FAMILY; GENDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

IM; MLCS; MLOWN; NLM;

EID: 16344362446     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-2-50     Document Type: Review

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