Caring for patients with brain tumor: The patient and care giver perspectives

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 368-372

  Mezue, W C ^a   Draper, P ^b   Watson, R ^c   Mathew, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Care burden; Patient perspective

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN TUMOR; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84855234523     PISSN: 11193077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1119-3077.86786     Document Type: Review

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