Subjective Burden and Cultural Motives for Caregiving in Informal Caregivers of Older People

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 282-291

  Del Pino Casado, Rafael ^a   Frías Osuna, Antonio ^a   Palomino Moral, Pedro A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Burden; Caregiving; Nursing; Obligation; Older people; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABLED PERSON; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPAIN; SPOUSE; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DISABLED PERSONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SPAIN; SPOUSES;

EID: 80052268121     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2011.01407.x     Document Type: Article

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