Long term outcomes to family caregiver empowerment

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 269-282

  Bickman, Leonard ^a   Heflinger, Craig Anne ^b   Northrup, Denine ^b   Sonnichsen, Susan ^c   Schilling, Stephen ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver empowerment; Consumer outcomes; Service use; Services self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040075184     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022937327049     Document Type: Article

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