The meanings caregivers ascribe to dementia-related changes in care recipients: A meta-ethnography

Research in Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-48

  Lindauer, Allison ^a   Harvath, Theresa A ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; HUMANS;

EID: 84923802807     PISSN: 19404921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20141121-01     Document Type: Article

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