Older women with breast cancer: Caregiving and the risk of depression - An exploratory analysis

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 41-59

  Parrish, Monique M ^a   Satariano, William A ^b   Freisthler, Bridget ^c,d   Feinberg, Lynn Friss ^e   Adams, Sara ^b  

^a LifeCourse Care   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Box 951656 ^*  (United States)

^d Faciliation of a Montly Support Group for Family Caregivers

^e Family Caregiver Alliance   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Caregiving; Comorbidity; Depression; Older women; Support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CAREGIVER; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL WORK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 22944476178     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v40n04_03     Document Type: Article

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