Informal care-giving in advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Lay knowledge and experience

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 1068-1077

  Hynes, Geralyn ^a   Stokes, Ann ^b   Mccarron, Mary ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Care giving experience; Caregivers; Chronic illness; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Illness meaning; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858281949     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03944.x     Document Type: Article

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