Race and Caregiving: Patterns of Service Use by African American and White Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer's Disease

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 5-19

  Cox, Carole ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Ethnicity; Service utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001673423     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J083v32n02_02     Document Type: Article

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