Open AccessAvailability of informal caregivers for palliative care patients with cancer: Is there a difference between higher- and lower-income settings
Author(s) -
Raafat Abdel-Malek,
Dina E. Farag,
Kyrillus S. Shohdy,
Sarah Cox
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_199_18
Subject(s) - medicine , demographics , socioeconomic status , palliative care , household income , low income , caregiver burden , family income , family member , cancer , gerontology , family medicine , demography , environmental health , nursing , disease , socioeconomics , population , dementia , archaeology , sociology , economics , history , economic growth
Family caregivers are the default caring personnel for terminal cancer patients. The characteristics, demographics, distribution, psychological burden, and socioeconomic standards differ between high- and low-income countries. We aimed to assess those factors and their direct reflection on both the patient and the caregiver.