Feelings of rewards among family caregivers during ongoing palliative care

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1509-1517

  Henriksson, Anette ^a,b,c   Carlander, Ida ^a,c   Årestedt, Kristofer ^a,d,e  

^a ERSTA HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Dalens sjukhus   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Family caregivers; Palliative care; Rewards

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; REWARD; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; ADULT; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REWARD; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84949745989     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951513000540     Document Type: Article

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