Universality of aging: Family caregivers for elderly cancer patients

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Baider, Lea ^a,b   Surbone, Antonella ^c  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b ASSUTA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Culture; Elderly patients; Family caregivers; Oncology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904760848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00744     Document Type: Review

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