Does the cancer patient's disease stage matter? A comparative study of caregivers' mental health and health related quality of life

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 189-196

  Grov, Ellen Karine ^a,b   Valeberg, Berit Taraldsen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer; Caregivers; Health related QOL; Mental health; Palliative and curative phases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTPATIENTS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865740410     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951511000873     Document Type: Article

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