Caregivers of Patients With Cancer Fatigue: A High Level of Symptom Burden

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 121-125

  Clark, Matthew M ^a   Atherton, Pamela J ^a   Lapid, Maria I ^a   Rausch, Sarah M ^b   Frost, Marlene H ^a   Cheville, Andrea L ^a   Hanson, Jean M ^a   Garces, Yolanda I ^a   Brown, Paul D ^a,c   Sloan, Jeff A ^a   Richardson, Jarrett W ^a   Piderman, Katherine M ^a,d   Rummans, Teresa A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

burnout; cancer; caregivers; fatigue; quality of life; symptom burden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAREGIVER; COMPLICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; FATIGUE; HUMAN; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FATIGUE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84893929097     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909113479153     Document Type: Article

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