Dementia caregiver burden: A review of the literature and guidelines for assessment and intervention

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Dunkin, Jennifer J ^a,b   Anderson Hanley, Cay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031880704     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.51.1_suppl_1.s53     Document Type: Article

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