Understanding older spousal dyads’ attitudes toward community service use: An analysis of applied theoretical models

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 3-21

  Zodikoff, Bradley D ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behavior; Caregiving; Community service use; Family caregiving; Gerontological social work practice; Help seeking behavior; Service utilization; Social gerontology; Spousal caregiving

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987878226     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J083v39n03_02     Document Type: Article

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