Making sense of sibling responsibility for family caregiving

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1673-1686

  Willyard, Jennifer ^a,b   Miller, Katherine ^a   Shoemaker, Martha ^a   Addison, Penny ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Justice Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Communication; Decision making; Families; Interviews

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING RELATION;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56549096812     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732308327195     Document Type: Article

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