Volunteers in a peer support project for caregivers: What motivates them?

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 13-19

  Pillemer, Karl ^a   Landreneau, L Todd ^a   Suitor, J Jill ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002130039     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: 19382731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153331759601100504     Document Type: Article

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