Lived experiences of family caregivers of mentally ill relatives

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 435-443

  Chang, Kam Hock ^a   Horrocks, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese; Family caregivers; Lived experience; Malaysia; Mental illness; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CHINA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EATING; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYGIENE; MALAYSIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CHINA; EATING; FAMILY RELATIONS; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALAYSIA; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREJUDICE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33645130351     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03732.x     Document Type: Article

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