Minority Caregivers of Dementia Victims: A Comparison of Black and Hispanic Families

The Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 340-354

  Cox, Carole ^a   Monk, Abraham ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

EID: 0025007152     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073346489000900308     Document Type: Article

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