'All the burden on all the carers': Exploring quality of life with family caregivers of Huntington's disease patients

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1425-1435

  Aubeeluck, Aimee Victoria ^a   Buchanan, Heather ^a   Stupple, Edward J N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Family caregiving; Focus groups; Huntington's disease; Quality of life; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84867059604     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-0062-x     Document Type: Article

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