Attitudes toward service use among wife caregivers of frail older veterans

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 39-64

  Dorfman, Lorraine T ^a   Berlin, Karyn L ^b   Holmes, Connie A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; SPOUSE;

EID: 0031815472     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v27n04_04     Document Type: Article

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