Dementia caregiving studies: A typology for family interventions

Journal of Family Nursing

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 30-55

  Davis, Linda Lindsey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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EID: 0040665273     PISSN: 10748407     EISSN: 1552549X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107484079600200103     Document Type: Review

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