Psychological, Social, and Health Consequences of Caring for a Relative with Senile Dementia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1987, Pages 405-411

  Haley, William E ^a   Levine, Ellen G ^a   Brown, S Lane ^a   Berry, Jack W ^a   Hughes, Glenn H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; SENILE DEMENTIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY; THERAPY;

EID: 0023276946     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1987.tb04661.x     Document Type: Article

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