Older Latino Family Caregivers

Handbook of Social Work in Health and Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Magaña, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Latino families; Latinos; Social work practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920201953     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195173727.003.0031     Document Type: Chapter

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