Stigma among Iranian family caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease: A hermeneutic study

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 201-206

  Navab, Elham ^a   Negarandeh, Reza ^a   Peyrovi, Hamid ^a   Navab, Peyman ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Family caregivers; Hermeneutic study; Iran; Stigma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVER; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HERMENEUTICS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STIGMA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HERMENEUTICS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL STIGMA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84878792977     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nhs.12017     Document Type: Article

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