The Needs of Family Caregivers of People Living with Mental Illness: A Social Workers Assessment

Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 323-339

  Anokye, Reindolf ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

mental illness, social needs; needs of family care givers; physical needs; psychological needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041495230     PISSN: 09503153     EISSN: 17424909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09503153.2018.1436702     Document Type: Article

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