Family caregivers of adults with acquired physical disability: Thai case-control study

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 70-77

  Lawang, Wannarat ^a,b   Horey, Dell Elizabeth ^a   Blackford, Jeanine ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BURAPHA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Case control studies; Community nursing; Physically disabled; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THAILAND; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THAILAND;

EID: 84921027707     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijn.12215     Document Type: Article

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