Stress and Service Use Among Minority Caregivers to Elders with Dementia

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-88

  Ho, Cheryl J ^a   Weitzman, Patricia Flynn ^b   Cui, Xingjia ^a,b   Levkoff, Sue E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiving; Medical service; Social service

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937330315     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J083v33n01_06     Document Type: Article

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