Interventions for supporting informal caregivers of patients in the terminal phase of a disease

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Candy, Bridget ^a   Jones, Louise ^a   Williams, Rachael ^a   Tookman, Adrian ^a   King, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA EXTRACTION; DEPRESSION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 70249124912     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007617     Document Type: Review

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