The impact of caregiving on family caregivers of women with advanced breast cancer

Breast Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-24

  Grunfeld, Eva ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Hlth Services and Outcomes Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CAREGIVER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; VISCERAL METASTASIS; WELLBEING;

EID: 17144421632     PISSN: 1043321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-321X(05)80005-0     Document Type: Article

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