Women Caring for Disabled Parents and Other Relatives: Implications for Social Workers in the Health Services

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 19-37

  Gross, Revital ^a   Brammli Greenberg, Shuli ^a   Bentur, Netta ^a  

^a MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Informal caregiving; Social workers; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT; RELATIVE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORKER; STRESS;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0242692406     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v37n04_02     Document Type: Article

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