Open AccessPerceived barriers to symptoms management among family caregivers of cancer patients
Author(s) -
Malathi G Nayak,
Anice George,
M S Vidyasagar
Publication year - 2018
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_27_18
Subject(s) - medicine , family caregivers , disease , cancer , family medicine , descriptive statistics , gerontology , statistics , mathematics
Caring for patients with advanced disease involves many concerns for caregivers. All aspects of health of the caregiver is compromised in the process of caring for the cancer patients. Usually, most of the terminally ill cancer patients live with their caregivers at home.