Living with an alzheimer patient in Turkey

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 228-234

  Taşci, Sultan ^a   Kartin, Pinar Tekinsoy ^a   Ceyhan, Özlem ^a   Sungur, Gönül ^a   Göriş, Songül ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TURKEY;

EID: 84864709543     PISSN: 08880395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JNN.0b013e3182527627     Document Type: Article

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