Family caregivers' monitoring of medication usage: A qualitative study of Mexican-origin families with serious mental illness

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-82

  Marquez, Jorge A ^a   García, Jorge I Ramírez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Ethnic minorities; Family; Psychiatric medication usage; Serious mental illness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951726362     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: 1573076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-010-9198-3     Document Type: Article

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