Informal carers of mentally infirm elderly in Lancashire

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 284-290

  Mafullul, Y M ^a  

^a Psychol Healthcare Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY BURDEN; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RECIPIENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036622876     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v79i6.8847     Document Type: Article

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