Family Caregiving: Research and Clinical Intervention 255

Handbook of the Clinical Psychology of Ageing: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 255-288

  Zarit, Steven H ^a   Edwards, Anne B ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

'secondary intrapsychic strain'; Demographics of caregiving; Family caregiving; Family caring from a distance; Social support and managing caregiver stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749110180     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470773185.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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