Exploring the factors influencing time and difficulty of tasks provided by family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer in Greece

Health Science Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 438-451

  Govina, Ourania ^a   Vlachou, Eugenia ^a   Kavga Paltoglou, Anna ^a   Kalemikerakis, Ioannis ^a   Papageorgiou, Demetrios ^b   Fasoi, Georgia ^a   Patiraki, Elizabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b Department of Nursing Technological Educational Institute ^*  (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Caregiver burden; Family caregiver; Radiotherapy; Time consuming difficult tasks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907519729     PISSN: 11087366     EISSN: 1791809X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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