The financial requirements and time commitments of caregivers for autologous stem cell transplant recipients

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 187-190

  Meehan, Kenneth R ^a   Fitzmaurice, Thomas ^a   Root, Lynn ^a   Kimtis, Elizabeth ^a   Patchett, Linda ^a   Hill, John ^a  

^a NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; SPOUSE; TIME; TRAVEL; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 33745170400     PISSN: 15446794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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