Older caregivers for family members with HIV or AIDS: Reasons for caring

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-202

  Linsk, Nathan L ^a,c   Poindexter, Cynthia Cannon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Midwest AIDS Train and Educ Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE;

EID: 0034076872     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073346480001900205     Document Type: Article

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