Challenges faced by informal caregivers of hospice patients in Uganda

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 746-753

  Emanuel, Rebekah H ^a   Emanuel, Gabrielle A ^b   Reitschuler, Eva B ^c   Lee, Anthony J ^c   Kikule, Ekira ^d   Merriman, Anne ^e   Emanuel, Linda L ^f  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MILDMAY UGANDA   (Uganda)

^e Hospice African Uganda   (Uganda)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CERTIFICATION; COST; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; TERMINAL DISEASE; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPICES; HOSPITAL VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UGANDA;

EID: 46349097217     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2007.0220     Document Type: Article

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