Social Networks of Women Caregivers

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-27

  Fudge, Heather ^a   Neufeld, Anne ^a   Harrison, Margaret J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN;

EID: 0031068746     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1997.tb00406.x     Document Type: Article

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