Caregivers' differing needs across key experiences of the advanced cancer disease trajectory

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-272

  Dubenske, Lori L ^a,d   Wen, Kuang Yi ^a   Gustafson, David H ^a   Guarnaccia, Charles A ^b   Cleary, James F ^c   Dinauer, Susan K ^a   McTavish, Fiona M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Cancer; Caregiver needs; End of life; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 48549103956     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951508000400     Document Type: Article

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