Caregiver experience in mental illness: A perspective from a rural community in South Africa: Feature article

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 357-367

  Mavundla, Thandisizwe R ^a   Toth, Ferenc ^a   Mphelane, Makua L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Caregiver experience; Informal caregiver; Mental illness; Qualitative research; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH; SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 69949086127     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2009.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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