Informal care as relationship: The case of the Magnificent Seven

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 214-220

  Jones, K ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Informal care; Interpretive phenomenology; Mental health; Narrative biography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CAREGIVERS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NARRATION; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 33645027232     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2006.00943.x     Document Type: Article

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