Family Caregiving for Cognitively or Physically Frail Older Adults: Theory, Research, and Practice

Handbook of the Psychology of Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 353-365

  Knight, Bob G ^a   Losada, Andres ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

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EID: 84882856986     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-380882-0.00023-1     Document Type: Chapter

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