Hospital discharge: Recommendations for performance improvement for family carers of people with dementia

Australian Health Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 364-370

  Fitzgerald, Leslie R ^a   Bauer, Michael ^a   Koch, Susan H ^b   King, Susan J ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Royal District Nursing Service   (Australia)

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EID: 80052193161     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH09811     Document Type: Article

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