Caring for women with ovarian cancer in the last year of life: A longitudinal study of caregiver quality of life, distress and unmet needs

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 690-697

  Butow, Phyllis N ^a   Price, Melanie A ^a   Bell, Melanie L ^a   Webb, Penelope M ^b   Defazio, Anna ^c   Friedlander, Michael ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caregivers; End of life; Ovarian cancer; Prospective; Quality of life; Unmet needs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CAREGIVER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIMISM; OVARY CARCINOMA; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING; YOUNG ADULT;

CAREGIVERS; END OF LIFE; OVARIAN CANCER; PROSPECTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNMET NEEDS;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84896398780     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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