Managing multiple chronic conditions in Singapore – Exploring the perspectives and experiences of family caregivers of patients with diabetes and end stage renal disease on haemodialysis

Psychology and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1220-1236

  Lee, Vanessa Y W ^a   Seah, Wei Ying ^a   Kang, Augustine W C ^a   Khoo, Eric Y H ^b   Mooppil, Nandakumar ^c   Griva, Konstadina ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

^c National Kidney Foundation   (Singapore)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

caregiver; chronic illness; diabetes mellitus; end stage renal disease; haemodialysis; multimorbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RENAL DIALYSIS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84978159852     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2016.1203921     Document Type: Article

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