Helping parental caregivers and mental health consumers cope with parental aging and loss

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 369-375

  Lefley, Harriet P ^a   Hatfield, Agnes B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0033039020     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.50.3.369     Document Type: Article

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