Non-supportive interactions in the experience of women family caregivers

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 530-541

  Neufeld, Anne ^a,b   Harrison, Margaret J ^b   Hughes, Karen ^c   Stewart, Miriam ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Faculty of Nursing   (Canada)

^c Department of Sociology ^*

^d CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Ethnography; Non supportive interactions; Qualitative research; Social support; Typology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; ALBERTA; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 35448934536     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2007.00716.x     Document Type: Article

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