Work, gender, and stress in family cancer caregiving

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 347-357

  Gaugler, Joseph E ^a   Given, William C ^b   Linder, Jeanette ^c   Kataria, Ritesh ^c   Tucker, Galina ^c   Regine, William F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Employment; Family caregiving; Informal care; Oncology; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EXHAUSTION; FAMILY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB STRESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 43449122497     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0331-y     Document Type: Article

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