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    This article is written for the Indian caregivers i.e family members, friends or relatives of Guillain Barre’ Syndrome (GBS) patients. GBS is a rare syndrome. A syndrome is a combination of diseases. Normally a disease affects a particular organ but a syndrome may attack more than one organ. GBS is a syndrome. This disease needs a collective effort of a panel of doctors specialized in various fields like neurology, nephrology, pulmonology, cardiology as per patient requirement. The role of the caregiver is prominent. A caregiver could be a family or a non-family member. Generally a parent, adult child, spouse or nearest kin is a primary care giver.

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    This article is written for the Indian caregivers i.e family members, friends or relatives of Guillain Barre’ Syndrome (GBS) patients. GBS is a rare syndrome. A syndrome is a combination of diseases. Normally a disease affects a particular organ but a syndrome may attack more than one organ. GBS is a syndrome. This disease needs a collective effort of a panel of doctors specialized in various fields like neurology, nephrology, pulmonology, cardiology as per patient requirement. The role of the caregiver is prominent. A caregiver could be a family or a non-family member. Generally a parent, adult child, spouse or nearest kin is a primary care giver.

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    CAREGIVER MANAGEMENT IN GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME (GBS) - THE INDIAN

    SCENARIO

    G. SitaMadhavi*

    Affiliations
    *
    Associate Professor, Andhra Yuvathi Mandali School of Business for Women, Hyderabad- 500007, Telangana,
    India.

    ABSTRACT

    This article is written for the Indian caregivers i.e family members, friends or relatives of Guillain Barre’
    Syndrome (GBS) patients. GBS is a rare syndrome. A syndrome is a combination of diseases. Normally a
    disease affects a particular organ but a syndrome may attack more than one organ. GBS is a syndrome.
    This disease needs a collective effort of a panel of doctors specialized in various fields like neurology,
    nephrology, pulmonology, cardiology as per patient requirement. The role of the caregiver is prominent.
    A caregiver could be a family or a non-family member. Generally a parent, adult child, spouse or nearest
    kin is a primary care giver. This article highlights the importance of care giving and training in care
    giving. It shows the potential of semi-skilled to highly skilled personnel in improving the human survival
    rates. This article is dedicated to those who Suffered GBS and is written with the hope that caregivers and
    patients benefit from the experiences of other GBS survivors and care givers. This article also marks the
    importance of management in caregiving.
    KEYWORDS
    Care giver; GBS; Management in Care giving; Financial Management of GBS

    JEL CLASSIFICATION
    G1, I1, Y1, L8, Z0

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