Personality Disorders and the Difficult Nursing Home Resident

Personality Disorders in Older Adults: Emerging Issues in Diagnosis and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 257-274

  Rosowsky, Erlene ^a   Smyer, Michael A ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 85136654045     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410604309-19     Document Type: Chapter

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