Working with African American families

Ethnicity and the Dementias: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 127-144

  Dilworth Anderson, Peggye ^a   Gibson, Brent E ^b   Burke, Joan Detry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 51449086648     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203957271     Document Type: Chapter

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