Caring for parents with Alzheimer's: Comparing perceptions of physical and mental health in the Jewish and Arab sectors in Israel

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-76

  Lowenstein, Ariela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's care; Ethnicity; Intergenerational relations; Perceptions of physical and mental health

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005931598     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006654621517     Document Type: Article

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