Australian family carer responses when a loved one receives a diagnosis of Motor Neurone Disease—“Our life has changed forever”

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Australian family carer responses when a loved one receives a diagnosis of Motor Neurone Disease—“Our life has changed forever”

While the experiences of family members supporting a person with a terminal illness are well documented, less is known about the needs of carers of people with neurological diseases, in particular, Motor Neurone Disease (MND). This paper describes the qualitative data from a large Australian survey...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	O'Connor, M., Aoun, Samar, Breen, Lauren
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2018
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67787

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