"Program for Partners": Support Groups for Partners of Adults with Visual Impairments

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 90-98

  Cimarolli, Verena R ^a   Sussman Skalka, Carol J ^b   Goodman, Caryn R ^c  

^a Arlene R Gordon Research Institute   (United States)

^b Lighthouse International   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; STRESS; SUPPORT GROUP; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 1542376069     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x0409800209     Document Type: Article

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