The quality of life of family caregivers of cancer patients in the East of Turkey

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 211-217

  Hacialioglu, Nazli ^a   Özer, Nadiye ^a   Yilmaz karabulutlu, Elanur ^a   Erdem, Neşe ^b   Erci, Behice ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer; Family caregivers; Nursing; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TURKEY;

EID: 77953542454     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2010.01.017     Document Type: Article

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