Chronicles of informal caregiving in cancer: Using 'The Cancer Family Caregiving Experience' model as an explanatory framework

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 435-444

  Stamataki, Z ^a   Ellis, J E ^b,d   Costello, J ^b   Fielding, J ^b   Burns, M ^a   Molassiotis, A ^b,c  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Experiences; Informal caregivers; Longitudinal; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CAREGIVING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RISK FACTOR; ROLE STRESS; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THE CANCER CAREGIVING EXPERIENCE MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84896048069     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1994-1     Document Type: Article

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