Family caregiving to hospitalized end-of-life and acutely ill geriatric patients

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 42-50

  Cohen, Chaim J ^a   Auslander, Gail ^b   Chen, Yifat ^c,d  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77957961899     PISSN: 00989134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20100330-03     Document Type: Article

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