A profile of Australian family caregivers: Diversity of roles and circumstances

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-66

  Schofield, Hilary L ^a,c   Herrman, Helen E ^a   Bloch, Sidney ^a   Howe, Anna ^b   Singh, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0030989873     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1997.tb01655.x     Document Type: Article

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