Understanding the health impact of caregiving: A qualitative study of immigrant parents and single parents of children with cancer

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1595-1605

  Klassen, Anne F ^a   Gulati, Sonia ^a   Granek, Leeat ^a   Rosenberg Yunger, Zahava R S ^a   Watt, Lisa ^a   Sung, Lillian ^b   Klaassen, Robert ^c   Dix, David ^d   Shaw, Nicola T ^e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e ALGOMA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Neoplasms; Parents; Qualitative research; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; NEOPLASM; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; CANADA; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; DEPRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84867985173     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-0072-8     Document Type: Article

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