The cost of caring: The relative with schizophrenia

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 817-823

  Papastavrou, Evridiki ^a   Charalambous, Andreas ^a   Tsangari, Haritini ^b   Karayiannis, George ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Burden; Caregiver; Caregiving; Family care; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYPRUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYPRUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 78349294915     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2010.00782.x     Document Type: Article

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