Caregiving and Its Resulting Effects—The Care Study to Evaluate the Effects of Caregiving on Caregivers of Patients with Advanced Cancer in Singapore

Caregiving and Its Resulting Effects—The Care Study to Evaluate the Effects of Caregiving on Caregivers of Patients with Advanced Cancer in Singapore

Informal caregivers (IC) are key to enabling home deaths, where preferred, at the end-of-life. Significant morbidity from advanced cancer can make caregiving burdensome. However, knowledge about the nature of the caregiving burden for caregivers in Singapore is limited. Hence, the key objective in t...

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Main Authors: Cheryl Kai Ting Chua, Jun Tian Wu, Yin Yee Wong, Limin Qu, Yung Ying Tan, Patricia Soek Hui Neo, Grace Suyin Pang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-11-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
caregiving
advanced cancer
burden
quality of life
depression
work impairment
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/8/11/105

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