International Journal of
Nursing and Midwifery

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Nurs. Midwifery
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2456
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJNM
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 213

Full Length Research Paper

The burden of the caring role: Adaptation of family members to the caring role in surgical wards at a tertiary hospital in Malawi

Elizabeth Gwaza
  • Elizabeth Gwaza
  • Kamuzu College of Nursing, University of Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
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  •  Received: 20 September 2021
  •  Accepted: 05 January 2022
  •  Published: 31 January 2022

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