Carer support groups: Change mechanisms and preventive effects

Care-Giving in Dementia: Research and Applications

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 233-248

  Cuijpers, Pim ^a   Hosman, Clemens ^b   Munnichs, Joep ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85069210943     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315800141-29     Document Type: Chapter

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