Non-finite loss and emotional labour: Family caregivers' experiences of living with motor neurone disease

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 3 A, 2007, Pages 35-43

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

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Degenerative disease; Emotional labour; Loss; Nurse; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NURSE'S ROLE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33847414091     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01722.x     Document Type: Article

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