The emotional impact of serious illness in families is recognised. To enhance well-being in
families living we must understand how distress is experienced within families; from this …

Abstract Aims and Objectives To (i) determine prevalence of distress among caregivers of
people living with cancer,(ii) describe caregivers' most commonly reported problems and (iii) …

Purpose Caring for a person diagnosed with cancer is associated with elevated distress that
may impact on caregiver health and patient outcomes. However, caregivers' distress is …

Background: Adult palliative care patients and their family members experience significant
psychological distress and morbidity. Psychosocial interventions adopting a systemic …

Background: Adult palliative care patients and their family members experience significant
emotional distress. To date research on the experience of distress in families has primarily …

Background Cancer has consequences not only for the sick person but also for those who
have a close relationship with that person. Greater knowledge about how family members …

Introduction Delivery of supportive cancer care is often deemed a low priority in resource-
limited settings. We aimed to explore the sources of emotional distress, the related support …

Many individuals affected by cancer who experience emotional distress report not wanting
help. This review aims to understand why individuals affected by cancer seek, accept or …

BACKGROUND: There has been widespread agreement on the need for better detection of
distress amongst cancer patients and their families. However, research is still in its early …

Background In view of the large number of families engaged in caregiving, this study was
initiated to describe informal cancer care provision from the perspective of the caregiver …