Informal caregivers of persons with dementia, their use of and needs for specific professional support: A survey of the National Dementia Programme

BMC Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Peeters, José M ^a   Van Beek, Adriana P A ^a   Meerveld, Julie H C M ^b   Spreeuwenberg, Peter M M ^a   Francke, Anneke L ^a,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Alzheimer's Association   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77953057067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-9-9     Document Type: Article

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