The New Zealand informal caregivers and their unmet needs

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1317, 2010, Pages

  Jorgensen, Diane ^a   Parsons, Matthew ^a   Jacobs, Stephen ^a   Arksey, Hilary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEW ZEALAND; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; INCIDENCE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77954261816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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