Facing chronic illness: The family support model and its benefits

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-84

  Boise, Linda ^a   Heagerty, Bobby ^a   Eskenazi, Leah ^a  

^a Legacy Transplant Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Family support; Self care

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030069479     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0738-3991(95)00791-1     Document Type: Article

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