Being there for another with a serious mental illness

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1525-1535

  Champlin, Barbara E ^a  

^a ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Informal; Mental health and illness; Mental health nursing; Phenomenology; Relationships

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CAREGIVERS; GRIEF; HUMANS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 70449105721     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732309349934     Document Type: Article

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