The Impact of Dementia on the Family

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 248, Issue 3, 1982, Pages 333-335

  Rabins, Peter V ^a   Mace, Nancy L ^a   Lucas, Mary Jane ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0019991994     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1982.03330030039022     Document Type: Article

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