Informal caregiving to older cancer patients: Preliminary research outcomes and implications

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2635-2640

  Goldzweig, G ^a,b   Merims, S ^b   Ganon, R ^b   Peretz, T ^b   Altman, A ^c   Baider, L ^b  

^a ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c ASSUTA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer; Caregiver; Coping; Distress; Old age; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

CANCER; CAREGIVER; COPING; DISTRESS; OLD AGE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84884715385     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt250     Document Type: Article

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