"You don't want to burden them": Older Adults' views on family involvement in care

Journal of Family Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-317

  Cahill, Eileen ^a   Lewis, Lisa M ^a   Barg, Frances K ^a   Bogner, Hillary R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Ethnicity; Family; Family caregivers; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT CHILD; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT CHILDREN; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND;

EID: 70349763582     PISSN: 10748407     EISSN: 1552549X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074840709337247     Document Type: Article

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