Helping families cope with dementia

Dementia Care: An Evidence Based Textbook

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 187-201

  Marriott, Alison ^a  

^a GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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