Needs and supports for family caregivers of chronically ill elders

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 92-98

  Bull, Margaret J ^a   McShane, Ruth E ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronically ill; Elders; Family caregivers; Needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649152629     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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