Problems faced by relatives caring for cancer patients at home

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Tsigaroppoulos, Thomas ^a   Mazaris, Evangelos ^a   Chatzidarellis, Eleftherios ^a   Skolarikos, Andreas ^a   Varkarakis, Ioannis ^a   Deliveliotis, Charalambos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Caretakers; Terminal illness

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREECE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREECE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449168046     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2008.01725.x     Document Type: Article

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