Caring for someone with high-grade glioma: a time of rapid change for caregivers

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Caring for someone with high-grade glioma: a time of rapid change for caregivers

Patients diagnosed with high-grade gliomas have a poor prognosis and limited life expectancy, and often experience rapid decline in function. Caring for a patient with high-grade glioma is particularly stressful because caregivers are faced not only with cancer-related caregiving issues, but also is...

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Main Authors:	McConigley, Ruth, Halkett, Georgia, Lobb, Elizabeth, Nowak, A.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Sage Science Press (UK) 2010
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36813

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