Caregiver attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions about service use: Charting a course for further research

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 257-261

  Smyth, Kathleen A ^a   Pedlar, David J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0033023651     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073346489901800208     Document Type: Article

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