The evolution of a culturally distinct support group for chinese caregivers of dementia-impaired elders: trial and error

Alzheimer's Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 77-82

  Levkoff, Sue ^a   Ben Lui, C A ^a   Fung, Shelley ^a   Hinton, Ladson ^a   Chang, Kun ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Greater Boston Chinese Golden Age Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Chinese culture; Support groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747661780     PISSN: 14616130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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