Predictors of change in quality of life of family caregivers of patients near the end of life with advanced cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 391-400

  Leow, Mabel Q H ^a   Chan, Moon Fai ^a   Chan, Sally W C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cancer; Community; Family carers; Hospice; Palliative care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX CANCER; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HOSPICE PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SATISFACTION; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIRITUAL CARE; SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVE SCALE; TERMINAL CARE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DEATH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84906938220     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000101     Document Type: Article

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