For better and for worse: Family and friends' responses to chronic liver disease

Illness Crisis and Loss

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 249-266

  Lasker, Judith N ^a   Sogolow, Ellen D ^a,b   Sharim, Rebecca R ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Chronic illness; Gender; Internet support; Liver disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844436320     PISSN: 10541373     EISSN: 15526968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105413730501300305     Document Type: Article

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