Men family caregivers' experience of nonsupportive interactions: Context and expectations

Journal of Family Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-197

  Neufeld, Anne ^a   Kushner, Kaysi Eastlick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dementia caregiving; Ethnography; Family caregiving; Men caregivers; Nonsupportive interactions; Qualitative research; Social support

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DATA COLLECTION; DEMENTIA; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 65649117849     PISSN: 10748407     EISSN: 1552549X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074840709331643     Document Type: Article

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