Caring for a loved one with cancer: It is my job

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-238

  Bessa, Yawo ^a   Moore, Ami ^a   Amey, Foster ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; cancer; caregivers; experiences; Togo

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRYING; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CRYING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; TOGO;

EID: 84859171859     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2011.644397     Document Type: Article

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