Care-Giver Interventions

Evidence based Dementia Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 764-794

  Green, Alisa ^a   Brodaty, Henry ^b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84959187282     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470752340.ch47     Document Type: Chapter

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