Advanced practice nursing: Meeting the caregiving challenges for families of persons with frontotemporal dementia

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 245-251

  Merrilees, Jennifer ^a   Ketelle, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING DISCIPLINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SPECIALTIES, NURSING;

EID: 77956030107     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NUR.0b013e3181ecdc32     Document Type: Article

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