Next-of-kin caregivers in palliative home care - From control to loss of control

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 578-586

  Munck, Berit ^a   Fridlund, Bengt ^b   Mårtensson, Jan ^b  

^a Skillingaryd Primary Care Centre Unit   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Critical Incident Technique; Home care; Next of kin; Nursing; Palliative care; Primary care; Support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CONTROL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; SWEDEN;

EID: 56849125461     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04819.x     Document Type: Article

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