Review: Pathways to morbidity in carers of dementia sufferers

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-79

  Wijeratne, Chanaka ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTIMACY; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030989138     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610297004225     Document Type: Review

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