title: Distance caregiving a parent with cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To discuss the new phenomenon of distance caregiving, with an emphasis on the experience of adult children providing distance caregiving to a parent with cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Literature review and author research.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the research is limited, it forms the foundation for beginning to describe the phenomenon and the associated psychosocial burdens that distance caregivers are struggling with.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With the growing population of distance caregivers, it is important for nurses to address these burdens. Interventions for clinical practice are recommended.
authors.affiliation: Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4904, USA. pmm@case.edu
authors.forename: Polly
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mazanec
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations