Sense of coherence amongst male caregivers in dementia: A South African perspective

Dementia

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-94

  Pretorius, Chrisma ^a   Walker, Stephen ^a   Heyns, P Malan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antonovsky; Dementia; Male caregivers; Salutogenesis; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649103398     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301208099046     Document Type: Article

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