Grief support for informal caregivers of patients with ALS: A national survey

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 137-138

  Hebert, R S ^a,e   Lacomis, D ^a   Easter, C ^b   Frick, V ^c   Shear, M K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis A   (United States)

^c Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis A   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e Division of General Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 11444261021     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000148586.79290.A6     Document Type: Review

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