Measuring dementia carers' unmet need for services - An exploratory mixed method study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Stirling, Christine ^a   Andrews, Sharon ^a   Croft, Toby ^b   Vickers, James ^a,c   Turner, Paul ^c   Robinson, Andrew ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77952019831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-122     Document Type: Article

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