Caregiving: Where families need help

Social Work (United States)

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 436-440

  Pilisuk, Marc ^a   Parks, Susan Hillier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME NURSING; HUMAN; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0024075134     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/33.5.436     Document Type: Article

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