Caregiver bodywork: Family members' experiences of caring for a person with motor neurone disease

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-43

  Ray, Robin A ^a   Street, Annette F ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bodywork; Ecomaps; Ethnography; Family caregivers; Motor neurone disease; Nursing; Support networks

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; EMOTION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; EMOTIONS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33748702664     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03977.x     Document Type: Article

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