Information pathways into dementia care services: Family carers have their say

Dementia

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-37

  Robinson, Andrew ^a   Elder, Jean ^a   Emden, Carolyn ^a   Lea, Emma ^a   Turner, Paul ^a   Vickers, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dementia; Family carers; Information

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649094808     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301208099051     Document Type: Article

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