Gender differences in caregiving stress among caregivers of cancer survivors

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1086-1092

  Kim, Youngmee ^a   Loscalzo, Matthew J ^b   Wellisch, David K ^c   Spillers, Rachel L ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer caregiving; Caregiver esteem; Caregiving stress; Gender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33845982551     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1049     Document Type: Article

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