Ethnic differences in beliefs regarding alzheimer disease among dementia family caregivers

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 925-933

  Gray, Heather L ^a   Jimenez, Daniel E ^b   Cucciare, Michael A ^c   Tong, Hui Qi ^c,d   Gallagher Thompson, Dolores ^c  

^a ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AD; Caregiving; Dementia; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PSYCHOEDUCATION;

EID: 70350537084     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181ad4f3c     Document Type: Article

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