"Anatomy of an Illness": Control from a caregiver's perspective

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-8

  Laudenslager, Mark L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Caregiver; Controllability; Cortisol; Helplessness; Hematopoietic stem cell transplant; Inflammatory markers; Natural cytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL STRESS MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL MODELS; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLABILITY; CORTISOL; HELPLESSNESS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANT; INFLAMMATORY MARKERS; NATURAL CYTOTOXICITY;

ANIMALS; CAREGIVERS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELF EFFICACY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84891830333     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2013.08.012     Document Type: Review

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