'Because it's the wife who has to look after the man': A descriptive qualitative study of older women and the intersection of gender and the provision of family caregiving at the end of life

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 223-230

  Williams, Lisa Ann ^a   Giddings, Lynne S ^b   Bellamy, Gary ^c   Gott, Merryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

end of life care; family caregiving; gender; informal care; older adults; Palliative care; women

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VIGNETTE; WIFE; ADULT; AGED; FAMILY; GENDER IDENTITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPOUSES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 85014424613     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216316653275     Document Type: Article

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