The role of appraisal and expressive support in mediating strain and gain in hispanic alzheimer’s disease caregivers

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1-18

  Morano, Carmen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiver burden; Caregiver satisfaction; Caregiver stress; Hispanic caregivers

Indexed keywords

EID: 27244449970     PISSN: 15313204     EISSN: 15313212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J051v12n02_01     Document Type: Article

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