Reluctance to care: A systematic review and development of a conceptual framework

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Burridge, Letitia ^a   Winch, Sarah ^b   Clavarino, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conceptual framework; Lay caregiving; Reluctance; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAREGIVER; COMORBIDITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESPITE CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34147163594     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000265298.17394.e0     Document Type: Review

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