Relationship quality and burden among caregivers for late-stage cancer patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1429-1436

  Francis, Linda E ^a   Worthington, Julie ^b   Kypriotakis, Georgios ^a   Rose, Julia H ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Caregiver burden; Caregiving; Family caregiver relationship; Provider caregiver relationship; Relationship quality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER REACTION ASSESSMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; FAMILY INVENTORY OF NEEDS; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY RELATIONSHIP INDEX; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; AGED; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952115591     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0765-5     Document Type: Article

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