Understanding family caregivers’ needs to support relatives with advanced progressive disease at home: an ethnographic study in rural Portugal

Abstract Background Family caregivers play an important role supporting their relatives with advanced progressive disease to live at home. There is limited research to understand family caregiver needs over time, particularly outside of high-income settings. The aim of this study was to explore fami...

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Main Authors: Maria João Cardoso Teixeira, Wilson Abreu, Nilza Costa, Matthew Maddocks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:BMC Palliative Care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12904-020-00583-4