The Hidden Morbidity of Cancer: Burden in Caregivers of Patients with Brain Metastases

Marlon Garzo Saria; Adeline Nyamathi; Linda R. Phillips; Annette L. Stanton; Lorraine Evangelista; Santosh Kesari; Sally Maliski

doi:10.1016/j.cnur.2016.10.002

The Hidden Morbidity of Cancer: Burden in Caregivers of Patients with Brain Metastases

Marlon Garzo Saria, Adeline Nyamathi, Linda R. Phillips, Annette L. Stanton, Lorraine Evangelista, Santosh Kesari, Sally Maliski

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Abstract

Caregiving is a highly individualized experience. Although numerous articles have been published on caregiver burden from a variety of diagnoses and conditions, this article presents the unique features of caregiving in patients with brain metastases. Improved long-term survival, concerns about disease recurrence or progression, the cancer experience (initial diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, recurrence, progression, and end of life), and the increasing complexity of cancer treatments add to the demands placed on the caregivers of patients with brain metastases. Health care professionals must identify caregiver burden and administer the appropriate interventions, which must be as unique and individualized as the caregivers’ experiences.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	159-178
Number of pages	20
Journal	Nursing Clinics of North America
Volume	52
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnur.2016.10.002
State	Published - Mar 1 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Brain metastases
Cancer
Caregiver burden
Caregivers
Neuro-oncology

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General Nursing

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