Psychosocial care for family caregivers of patients with cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1227-1234

  Northouse, Laurel ^a   Williams, Anna Leila ^c   Given, Barbara ^b   McCorkle, Ruth ^d   Netter, Frank H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Quinnipiac University   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY INTERVENTION; FAMILY COUNSELING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS; THERAPY EFFECT; WELLBEING; COOPERATION; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; LEGAL ASPECT; NEOPLASM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

CAREGIVERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; MOOD DISORDERS; NEOPLASMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 84861566668     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2011.39.5798     Document Type: Review

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