Family carer personal concerns in Huntington disease

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-146

  Williams, Janet K ^a   Skirton, Heather ^b   Barnette, James Jackson ^c   Paulsen, Jane S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Family; Huntington disease; Nursing; Survey; United Kingdom; United States

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE COURSE; EMPLOYMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROLE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83855164168     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05727.x     Document Type: Article

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