Ambiguous loss and ambivalence when a parent has dementia

Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 207-224

  Boss, Pauline ^a   Kaplan, Lori ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 33751304387     PISSN: 15303535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1530-3535(03)04009-3     Document Type: Review

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