Women's experience of becoming caregivers to their ill partners: Gadamerian hermeneutics

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-53

  Frankowska, Dorota ^a,b   Wiechula, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

carers health; spousal carers; women carers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL BALANCE; ROLE STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SPOUSES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79952928967     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY10038     Document Type: Article

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