Supporting the supporters: What family caregivers need to care for a loved one with cancer

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 35-41

  Berry, Leonard L ^a   Dalwadi, Shraddha Mahesh ^b   Jacobson, Joseph O ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY STUDY; FUNDING; HUMAN; INJECTION; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; REIMBURSEMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL NEEDS; WELLBEING; FAMILY; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85011349888     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: 1935469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.2016.017913     Document Type: Review

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