Cancer Caregivers' Quality of Life: Effects of Gender, Relationship, and Appraisal

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 294-304

  Kim, Youngmee ^a   Baker, Frank ^a   Spillers, Rachel L ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; caregiving appraisal; gender; quality of life; relationship type

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAUGHTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB STRESS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PROGENY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ESTEEM; SPOUSE;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34047224294     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.11.012     Document Type: Article

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