The Experience of Families and Their Carers in Health Care

Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 61-77

  Elliott, Timothy R ^a   Rivera, Patricia ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Carer interventions; Social and family support

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344618923     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470013389.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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