The role of carers in evaluating mental health services for older people

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 863-870

  Dening, Tom ^a,b   Lawton, Claire ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b FULBOURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Community teams; Elderly; Mental health services; Service evaluation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 0031701825     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(1998120)13:12<863::AID-GPS885>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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