A couplehood typology for spouses of institutionalized persons with Alzheimer's disease: Perceptions of "We"-"I"

Family Relations

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 87-98

  Kaplan, Lori ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Community dwelling spouses; Couplehood; Institutionalization; Typology; We I

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035581551     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2001.00087.x     Document Type: Article

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