Family caregiving in chronic illness
Subtitle: Alzheimer's disease, cancer, heart disease, mental illness, and stroke
By: David E. Biegel, Esther Sales, Richard Schulz.
Contributors: Sales, Esther.; Schulz, Richard, 1947-; Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences (Case Western Reserve University)
Series: Family caregiver applications series ;
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Newbury Park, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
Subjects: Chronically ill -- Home care; Caregivers; Chronically ill -- Family relationships
Other titles: Family care giving in chronic illness.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-322) and index.
"Published in cooperation with the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University."
Table of contents: title: Overview of family caregiving -- Theoretical perspectives on caregiving -- Caregiving in cancer -- Caregiving in heart disease -- Caregiving in stroke -- Caregiving in Alzheimer’s disease -- Caregiving in chronic mental illness -- Common factors affecting family caregivers -- The outcomes of intervention for caregivers -- Future directions : research and policy.