Reactions of primary caregivers of frail older people and people with cancer in the palliative phase living at home

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 576-585

  Grov, Ellen Karine ^a   Eklund, Marthe Lyngås ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer; Caregivers; Frail older people; Home care; Norway; Nursing; The caregiver reaction assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NORWAY; NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 51149087883     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04736.x     Document Type: Article

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