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International Journal of Nursing & Clinical Practices Volume 2 (2015), Article ID 2:IJNCP-111, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2015/111
Research Article
Qualitative Modeling of Burden and Distress among Home Helpers in Japan

Yoshihisa Hirakawa1* ,Takaya Kimata2 and Kazumasa Uemura1

1Center for postgraduate clinical training and career development, Nagoya University Hospital, Japan
2Aoi home clinic, Japan
Dr. Yoshihisa Hirakawa, Center for postgraduate clinical training and career development, Nagoya University Hospital, 65 Tsuruma-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8560, Japan, Tel: +81-52-744-2644; Fax: +81-52- 744-2997; E-mail: y.hirakawa@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
21 November 2014; 19 January 2015; 21 January 2015
Hirakawa Y, Kimata T, Uemura K (2015) Qualitative Modeling of Burden and Distress among Home Helpers in Japan. Int J Nurs Clin Pract 2: 111. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2015/111
© 2015 Hirakawa. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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