Patient-caregiver functional unit scale: A new scale to assess the patient-caregiver dyad

Family Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 658-665

  Fredman, Lisa ^a   Daly, Mel P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030873726     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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