Struggling in an inescapable life situation: Being a close relative of a person dependent on home enteral tube feeding

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 1051-1059

  Bjuresäter, Kaisa ^a   Larsson, Maria ^a   Athlin, Elsy ^a  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Home care; Home enteral tube feeding; Informal caregiver; Relatives; Tube feeding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; LONELINESS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF HELP; SWEDEN;

CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSION; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONELINESS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF-HELP GROUPS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 84858282765     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03596.x     Document Type: Article

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