Caring for the terminally ill: Experiences of Latvian family caregivers

International Nursing Review

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-135

  Kalnins, I ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

End of Life; Family Caregivers; Home Care; Latvia; Terminal Illness

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LATVIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LATVIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33745350092     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2006.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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