Quality of life in spite of an unpredictable future: The next of kin of patients with multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 331-341

  Liedström, Elisabeth ^a   Isaksson, Ann Kristin ^a   Ahlström, Gerd ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Institute for Health Sciences   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; TRUST; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TRUST; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 78651483585     PISSN: 08880395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JNN.0b013e3181f8a5b2     Document Type: Article

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