Intimacy as a determinant of expressed emotion in carers of people with Alzheimer's disease

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1085-1090

  Fearon, M ^a   Donaldson, C ^a,b   Burns, A ^a   Tarrier, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031671389     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798007156     Document Type: Article

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