Informal care giving to more disabled people with multiple sclerosis

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1244-1256

  Buchanan, Robert J ^a   Radin, Dagmar ^a   Chakravorty, Bonnie J ^b   Tyry, Tuula ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Care giving; Disabled; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BATH; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHOPPING; AGED; COUNSELING; MIDDLE AGED;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COUNSELING; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 70350464372     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280802532779     Document Type: Article

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