Needs-focused interventions for family caregivers of older adults with cancer: a descriptive interpretive study

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2019, Pages 2771-2781

  Marcotte, Jade ^a,b   Tremblay, Dominique ^a,b   Turcotte, Annie ^a,b   Michaud, Cécile ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Saguenay Lac St Jean   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Family caregivers; Interventions; Needs; Older adults; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT CHILD; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ONCOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEBEC; SPOUSE; AGE; CANADA; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CAREGIVERS; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUEBEC;

EID: 85057966058     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-018-4573-7     Document Type: Article

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