Living with Parkinson's disease: Elderly patients' and relatives' perspective on daily living

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-139

  Wressle, Ewa ^a,b   Engstrand, Christina ^b   Granérus, Ann Kathrine ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aged; Parkinson's disease; Relatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250205635     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2006.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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