Family conflict as a mediator of caregiver strain

Family Relations

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 625-635

  Scharlach, Andrew ^a   Li, Wei ^b   Dalvi, Tapashi B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Center for Responsible Lending   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver distress; Elder care; Family caregiving; Family stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751271719     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00431.x     Document Type: Review

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