Support programmes for caregivers of persons with dementia: A review of methods and effects

Care-Giving in Dementia V3: Research and Applications Volume 3

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 210-234

  Droes R M ^b   Goffin, J J M ^b   Breebaart, E ^b   de Rooij, E ^b   Vissers, H ^b   Bleeker, J A C ^b   van Tilburg, W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203481868-22     Document Type: Chapter

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