In-hospital informal caregivers' needs as perceived by themselves and by the nursing staff in Northern Greece: A descriptive study

BMC Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lavdaniti, Maria ^a   Raftopoulos, Vasilios ^b   Sgantzos, Markos ^c   Psychogiou, Maria ^d   Areti, Tsaloglidou ^e   Georgiadou, Charikleia ^f   Serpanou, Ismini ^g   Sapountzi Krepia, Despina ^h  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^f G PAPANICOLAOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^g Private Practice   (Greece)

^h FREDERICK UNIVERSITY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Health education needs; In hospital care; Informal caregivers; Informational needs; Nursing staff

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053494407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-10-19     Document Type: Article

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