Background: Providing unpaid care for a spouse, partner, relative or friend is a day-to-day reality. Carers in the context of cancer have a similar profile to carers in the UK. Lung Cancer is a low profile cancer but yet is the second most common cancer in Scotland associated with social deprivation, poverty, therapeutic nihilism, and stigma. The significant contribution by carers of people affected by cancer has resulted in their recognition as “partners in the delivery of care”. Aim: To explore the experiences of the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer from a carer’s perspective. Methods: Unstructured interviews were undertaken with 15 carers of relatives with a lung cancer diagnosis. The individual with lung cancer ide...
Aim: To explore the perception of palliative care provision for people with non-malignant respirator...
Purpose: In an aspect of qualitative treatment, this research gathered lung cancer patients’ a...
Abstract Background Family caregivers (FC) often experience higher distress levels than their relati...
To assess if family care givers of patients with lung cancer experience the patterns of social, psyc...
There is a paucity of research exploring patients' and their informal carers' experience of coping w...
Introduction: Lung cancer is often a malignant disease and one of the leading causes of death. It he...
Background: Caring for advanced cancer patients affects carers’ psychological and physical health. R...
Purpose: Lung cancer and its treatment impose many demands on family caregivers, which may increase ...
Interest in the concerns of cancer patients’ carers has been growing steadily over the last decade r...
Background: Macmillan Cancer Support has funded a local intervention whereby carers of people affect...
Background: Lung cancer referral pathways aim to reduce delays and improve referral patterns of peop...
Purpose: capture change in family members' experiences as they look after patients during chemothera...
Introduction and aims Evidence for the management of patients after treatment is limited and particu...
Purpose:Capture change in family members' experiences as they look after patients during chemotherap...
Background: A UK charity, Macmillan Cancer Support has funded a local intervention, whereby carers o...
Aim: To explore the perception of palliative care provision for people with non-malignant respirator...
Purpose: In an aspect of qualitative treatment, this research gathered lung cancer patients’ a...
Abstract Background Family caregivers (FC) often experience higher distress levels than their relati...
To assess if family care givers of patients with lung cancer experience the patterns of social, psyc...
There is a paucity of research exploring patients' and their informal carers' experience of coping w...
Introduction: Lung cancer is often a malignant disease and one of the leading causes of death. It he...
Background: Caring for advanced cancer patients affects carers’ psychological and physical health. R...
Purpose: Lung cancer and its treatment impose many demands on family caregivers, which may increase ...
Interest in the concerns of cancer patients’ carers has been growing steadily over the last decade r...
Background: Macmillan Cancer Support has funded a local intervention whereby carers of people affect...
Background: Lung cancer referral pathways aim to reduce delays and improve referral patterns of peop...
Purpose: capture change in family members' experiences as they look after patients during chemothera...
Introduction and aims Evidence for the management of patients after treatment is limited and particu...
Purpose:Capture change in family members' experiences as they look after patients during chemotherap...
Background: A UK charity, Macmillan Cancer Support has funded a local intervention, whereby carers o...
Aim: To explore the perception of palliative care provision for people with non-malignant respirator...
Purpose: In an aspect of qualitative treatment, this research gathered lung cancer patients’ a...
Abstract Background Family caregivers (FC) often experience higher distress levels than their relati...