Spousal caregiver narratives and credible authority: Uncertainty in illness of spousal caregivers

Qualitative Report

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2012, Pages

  Sodowsky, Karen ^a  

^a VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Credible authority; Dementia; Narratives; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870279123     PISSN: 10520147     EISSN: 21603715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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