Being a close relative of a person with severe, chronic heart failure in palliative advanced home care - A comfort but also a strain

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 338-344

  Brännström, Margareta ^a,b   Ekman, Inger ^c   Boman, Kurt ^a,b   Strandberg, Gunilla ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Skelleftea Hospital   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Close relative; Heart failure; Home care; Palliative care; Phenomenological hermeneutic

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SWEDEN;

EID: 34548284885     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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