Living Close to a Person With Cancer: A Review of the International Literature and Implications for Social Work Practice

Una StenbergCenter for Shared Decision Making and Collaborative Care Research and Section for Physiotherapy and Social Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]

Mirjam EkstedtCenter for Shared Decision Making and Collaborative Care Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway;School of Technology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Mariann OlssonDepartment of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Cornelia M. RulandCenter for Shared Decision Making and Collaborative Care Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway;Department for Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Abstract

To help family caregivers (FCs), social workers need to understand the complexity of FC’s experiences and challenges. For this systematic review, several relevant, multidisciplinary electronic databases were searched. Of 1,643 titles identified, 108 articles met the inclusion criteria and are included in this review. Various experiences, symptoms, and burden related to caregiving responsibilities are described and discussed. The understanding evolving from this study about the FC’s own health risk, caregiver burden, and experiences over time can enhance a social worker’s awareness of an FC’s challenging situation and the potential impact this has on the FC’s ability to provide care to the patient.

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