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Young Adult Cancer Care Partners: A Theoretical Description of an Emerging Population with Unique Needs
As the U.S. population’s demographics shift, young U.S. adults are increasingly engaged in informal caregiving for aging generations. Yet, there is little research on the unique experiences and needs of young adults who take on caregiving roles for adult cancer patients. Herein we demonstrate throug...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10487801/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37681786 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20176646 |
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author | Warner, Echo L. Hebdon, Megan Tay, Djin L. Smith, Keely Welling, Anna Xu, Jiayun |
author_facet | Warner, Echo L. Hebdon, Megan Tay, Djin L. Smith, Keely Welling, Anna Xu, Jiayun |
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description | As the U.S. population’s demographics shift, young U.S. adults are increasingly engaged in informal caregiving for aging generations. Yet, there is little research on the unique experiences and needs of young adults who take on caregiving roles for adult cancer patients. Herein we demonstrate through a theoretical description that young adult cancer care partners deserve distinct recognition in the cancer control continuum given the psychological, physical, financial, and social features unique to their cancer experience. |
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spelling | pubmed-104878012023-09-09 Young Adult Cancer Care Partners: A Theoretical Description of an Emerging Population with Unique Needs Warner, Echo L. Hebdon, Megan Tay, Djin L. Smith, Keely Welling, Anna Xu, Jiayun Int J Environ Res Public Health Review As the U.S. population’s demographics shift, young U.S. adults are increasingly engaged in informal caregiving for aging generations. Yet, there is little research on the unique experiences and needs of young adults who take on caregiving roles for adult cancer patients. Herein we demonstrate through a theoretical description that young adult cancer care partners deserve distinct recognition in the cancer control continuum given the psychological, physical, financial, and social features unique to their cancer experience. MDPI 2023-08-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10487801/ /pubmed/37681786 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20176646 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Warner, Echo L. Hebdon, Megan Tay, Djin L. Smith, Keely Welling, Anna Xu, Jiayun Young Adult Cancer Care Partners: A Theoretical Description of an Emerging Population with Unique Needs |
title | Young Adult Cancer Care Partners: A Theoretical Description of an Emerging Population with Unique Needs |
title_full | Young Adult Cancer Care Partners: A Theoretical Description of an Emerging Population with Unique Needs |
title_fullStr | Young Adult Cancer Care Partners: A Theoretical Description of an Emerging Population with Unique Needs |
title_full_unstemmed | Young Adult Cancer Care Partners: A Theoretical Description of an Emerging Population with Unique Needs |
title_short | Young Adult Cancer Care Partners: A Theoretical Description of an Emerging Population with Unique Needs |
title_sort | young adult cancer care partners: a theoretical description of an emerging population with unique needs |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10487801/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37681786 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20176646 |
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