Psychological distress of female caregivers of significant others with cancer

Cogent Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Cassidy, Tony ^a   McLaughlin, Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer; caregiver; psychological distress; support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982198672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23311908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23311908.2014.999405     Document Type: Article

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