Review of the literature on the effects of caring for a patient with cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1013-1025

  Stenberg, Una ^a,b,c   Ruland, Cornelia M ^a,c   Miaskowski, Christine ^a,d  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; caregiver burden; experiences; family caregiver; oncology; problems

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; BACKACHE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COST CONTROL; COUNSELING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FATIGUE; FEAR; GENETIC RISK; HEADACHE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INSOMNIA; INTIMACY; LEG PAIN; LEISURE; LONELINESS; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE TONE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78649457772     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1670     Document Type: Review

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