The stress process in palliative cancer care: A qualitative study on informal caregiving and its implication for the delivery of care

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-116

  Brazil, Kevin ^a,b   Bainbridge, Daryl ^b   Rodriguez, Christine ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Informal caregiving; Oncology; Palliative; Stress Process Model

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77649267350     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909109350176     Document Type: Article

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