Helping family doctors detect vulnerable caregivers after an emergency department visit for an elderly relative: Results of a longitudinal study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Sewitch, Maida J ^a,b   Yaffe, Mark J ^a,b   McCusker, Jane ^a,b   Ciampi, Antonio ^a,b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; ADULT CHILD; CANADA; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE;

ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEBEC; SPOUSES;

EID: 33748360320     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-7-46     Document Type: Article

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