Differences in service needs, time demands, and caregiving burden among parents of persons with mental retardation across the life cycle

Family Relations

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 417-425

  Haveman, Meindert ^c   Van Berkum, Gonda ^b   Reijnders, Rene ^c   Heller, Tamar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Daelzicht Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c University of Illinois ^*

Author keywords

Burden; Caregiving; Disability; Lifespan; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031256855     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/585101     Document Type: Article

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