Feelings of anger among caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 84-88

  Tabak, Nili ^a   Ehrenfeld, Mally ^a   Alpert, Rachel ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Anger; Caregivers; Support group

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANGER; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF HELP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANGER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF-HELP GROUPS; WOMEN;

EID: 0031157905     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.1997.tb00079.x     Document Type: Article

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