The burdensome and depressive experience of caring: What cancer, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer's disease caregivers have in common

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 187-194

  Papastavrou, Evridiki ^a   Charalambous, Andreas ^a   Tsangari, Haritini ^b   Karayiannis, George ^c  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

^c EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Alzheimeris disease; Burden; Cancer; Caregiver; Depression; Family; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARE AND CARING; CAREGIVER BURDEN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYPRUS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84860322756     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e31822cb4a0     Document Type: Article

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