Prayer and religious coping for caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 181-191

  Stolley, Jacqueline M ^a   Buckwalter, Kathleen C ^b   Koenig, Harold G ^c  

^a Trinity College of Nursing   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT SELECTION; RELIGION;

EID: 0033055582     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153331759901400307     Document Type: Article

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