Health as a family affair

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 374, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 1804-1806

  Wittenberg, Eve ^a   Prosser, Lisa A ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; WELLBEING; ADULT; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY HEALTH; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84966477869     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1604456     Document Type: Review

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