Verbal and physical aggression against demented elderly by informal caregivers in the Netherlands

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 156-162

  Pot, A M ^a   Van Dyck, R ^a   Jonker, C ^a   Deeg, D J H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGGRESSION; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030054603     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00785762     Document Type: Article

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