The nature of care giving in a community sample of people with multiple sclerosis

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1401-1410

  O'Hara, Louise ^a   De Souza, Lorraine ^b   Ide, Lorely ^b  

^a NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 9744240270     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280400007802     Document Type: Article

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