SAGE telephone counselling

Stress Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 261-265

  Ko, Soo Meng ^a,c   Helen, B L ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Singapore Action Group of Elders   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Elderly; Telephone counselling; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFLICT; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; RATING SCALE; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TELEPHONE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0029911549     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199610)12:4<261::AID-SMI666>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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