Teaching families to be caregivers for the elderly

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-58

  Mulatilo, Mesepi ^a   Taupau, Taipai ^a   Enoka, Iokapeta ^a   Petrini, Marcia A ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SAMOA   (Samoa)

^b YAMAGUCHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Elderly; International nursing; Samoa

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950093892     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2018.2000.00039.x     Document Type: Article

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