Employment implications of informal cancer caregiving

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 48-57

  de Moor, Janet S ^a   Dowling, Emily C ^b   Ekwueme, Donatus U ^c   Guy, Gery P ^c   Rodriguez, Juan ^c   Virgo, Katherine S ^e   Han, Xuesong ^d   Kent, Erin E ^a   Li, Chunyu ^c   Litzelman, Kristen ^a   McNeel, Timothy S ^f   Liu, Benmei ^a   Yabroff, K Robin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^d AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Cost of illness; Employment; Neoplasms; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978821858     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-016-0560-5     Document Type: Article

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