Family caregivers' satisfaction with home care for mental illness in Taiwan

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-69

  Tung, Wei Chen ^a,c   Beck, Susan L ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family caregivers; Home care; Mental illness; Satisfaction; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 33846221401     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2006.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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