Toward a model of quality of life for family caregivers of stroke survivors

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 625-638

  White, Carole L ^a,c   Lauzon, Sylvie ^b   Yaffe, Mark J ^a   Wood Dauphinee, Sharon ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Cerebrovascular accident; Quality of life; Theoretical models

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STROKE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CAREGIVERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSONS; FAMILY; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 1942454292     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QURE.0000021312.37592.4f     Document Type: Review

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