Peer support interventions for family carers of adults with chronic mental or physical illness who are living at home

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Burnell, Karen ^a   Charlesworth, Georgina ^b   Feast, Alexandra R ^c   Hoe, Juanita ^b   Poland, Fiona M ^d   Orrell, Martin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; PEER GROUP; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84969884520     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010231.pub2     Document Type: Article

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