To Live Close to a Person With Cancer-Experiences of Family Caregivers

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 909-926

  Stenberg, Una ^a   Ruland, Cornelia M ^a,b   Olsson, Mariann ^c   Ekstedt, Mirjam ^a,d  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cancer; dilemmas; experiences; family caregiver; life changes; qualitative analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84869481694     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2012.714847     Document Type: Article

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