Family carers for people with dementia

Dementia 3Ed

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 118-131

  Brodaty, Henry ^a   Green, Alisa ^b   Low, Lee Fay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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