Who's taking care of the caregiver?

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 28, 2005, Pages 6820-6821

  O'Mara, Ann ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASM; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE;

CAREGIVERS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 27244458950     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.96.008     Document Type: Editorial

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