Family caregiver's experiences in caring for a patient with terminal cancer at home in Japan

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 389-395

  Sano, Tomomi ^a   Maeyama, Etsuko ^a   Kawa, Masako ^a   Shirai, Yuki ^a   Miyashita, Mitsunori ^a   Kazuma, Keiko ^a   Okabe, Takeshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Soushukai Okabe Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Care experience; Family caregiver; Home death; Home palliative care; Terminal cancer patient

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FAMILY RELATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JAPAN; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY RELATIONS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; JAPAN; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 35549011854     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951507000582     Document Type: Article

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