Carer support groups: The effects of organizational factors on the character of groups

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-121

  Mitchell, Fraser ^a,b  

^a Cleland Hospital

^b Cleland Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carer support group; Carers; Evaluation; Informal care

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347598928     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.1996.tb00054.x     Document Type: Article

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