Supportive group interventions with caregivers of frail older adults

Social Work with Groups

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-10

  McCallion, Philip ^a   Toseland, Ronald W ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84992762655     PISSN: 01609513     EISSN: 15409481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J009v18n01_03     Document Type: Article

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