Reconstructing Marital Closeness While Caring for a Spouse With Alzheimer's

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 584-612

  Boylstein, Craig ^a   Hayes, Jeanne ^b  

^a Department of Public Health   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; caregiving; chronic illness; narrative reconstruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859263017     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X11416449     Document Type: Article

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