Conceptual challenges in the study of caregiver-care recipient relationships

Nursing Research

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 367-372

  Lingler, Jennifer Hagerty ^a   Sherwood, Paula R ^b   Crighton, Margaret H ^a   Song, Mi Kyung ^a   Happ, Mary Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Family caregiving; Nursing research methodology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; CAREGIVER; CASE REPORT; COOPERATION; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CAREGIVERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COST OF ILLNESS; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 53049093790     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NNR.0000313499.99851.0c     Document Type: Article

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