Understanding ambiguous loss in the context of dementia care: Adult children’s perspectives

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 93-115

  Dupuis, Sherry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambiguous loss; Caregiving career; Dementia; Institution based caregiving

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937382941     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J083v37n02_08     Document Type: Article

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