Family Caregivers of Patients with a High-Grade Glioma: A Qualitative Study of Their Lived Experience and Needs Related to Professional Care

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 406-413

  Coolbrandt, Annemarie ^a,b   Sterckx, Wendy ^a   Clement, Paul ^a   Borgenon, Sonja ^a   Decruyenaere, Marleen ^a   De Vleeschouwer, Steven ^a   Mees, Anne ^a   Dierckx De Casterlé, Bernadette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Experience; Family caregiver; High grade glioma; Informal care; Needs; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CANCER GRADING; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84940892069     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000216     Document Type: Article

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