Left alone with straining but inescapable responsibilities: Relatives' experiences with mental health services

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 703-710

  Weimand, Bente M ^a   Hedelin, Birgitta ^b   Hall Lord, Marie Louise ^b,c   Sällström, Christina ^c  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONSUMER; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORWAY; NURSING; NURSING RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORWAY; NURSING RESEARCH; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054086857     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2011.598606     Document Type: Article

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