Liminality as a conceptual frame for understanding the family caregiving rite of passage: An integrative review

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 423-436

  Gibbons, Susanne W ^a   Ross, Alyson ^b   Bevans, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Family caregiving; Integrative review; Liminality; Qualitative; Rite of passage

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY; FAMILY CAREGIVING; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE REVIEW; LIMINALITY; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE; REVIEW; RITE OF PASSAGE; UNCERTAINTY;

CHRONIC ILLNESS; FAMILY CAREGIVING; INTEGRATIVE REVIEW; LIMINALITY; QUALITATIVE; RITE OF PASSAGE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY; HUMANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84908120418     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.21622     Document Type: Article

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