Informal carers' experience of caring for stroke survivors

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 235-244

  Smith, Lorraine N ^a   Lawrence, Maggie ^b   Kerr, Susan M ^b   Langhorne, Peter ^a   Lees, Kennedy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Informal carers; Nursing; Patients; Stroke; Stroke survivors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIABILITY; SCIENCE; SKILL; STROKE; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 2342566364     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.02983.x     Document Type: Article

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