A qualitative study of adjustment to caring for an older spouse with psychiatric illness

Ageing and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 659-671

  Murray, Joanna ^a,b   Livingston, Gill ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intimacy; Marriage; Mental health; Qualitative method; Reciprocity; Spouse carers

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH;

EID: 0032467923     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X98007120     Document Type: Article

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