Levels of stress and intervention preferences of caregivers of brain tumor patients

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Keir, Stephen T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Caregivers; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LEARNING; MALE; MASSAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVERS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 36348950895     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000300174.18584.f9     Document Type: Article

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