Using the COPE intervention for family caregivers to improve symptoms of hospice homecare patients: A clinical trial

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 313-321

  McMillan, Susan C ^a,b   Small, Brent J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548429563     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/07.ONF.313-321     Document Type: Article

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