"It's just a fact of life": Family members' perceptions of parental chronic illness

Journal of Family Nursing

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-40

  Rehm, Roberta S ^a   Catanzaro, Marci L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Primary Health Care Associates

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EID: 54649084172     PISSN: 10748407     EISSN: 1552549X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107484079800400103     Document Type: Article

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