Individual telephone support for family caregivers of seriously ill cancer patients.
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Medical-surgical nurses are an important source of information and guidance for family caregivers during health care crises. The concerns expressed by family caregivers to nurse interventionists during a supportive and informational telephone intervention are described in this study. An analysis of telephone call content using constant comparison methods identified major stressors of the family caregiver during the illness trajectory.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Medsurg nursing : official journal of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
دوره 13 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004