Research on Caregiving in Chinese Families Living With Mental Illness: A Critical Review

Journal of Family Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-100

  Hsiao, Chiu Yueh ^a   Van Riper, Marcia ^b  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

caregiving; Chinese families; families experiencing mental illness; family nursing; integrative review

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CHINA; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FAMILY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME NURSING; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSING RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING; TAIWAN;

EID: 76549101239     PISSN: 10748407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074840709358405     Document Type: Review

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