Family caregiver satisfaction with medical care of their demented relatives

Gerontologist

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 219-226

  Haley, William E ^a   Clair, Jeffrey M ^b   Saulsberry, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Primary care; Supportive services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELDERLY CARE; EXPECTATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RELATIVE; SATISFACTION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0026538452     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/32.2.219     Document Type: Article

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