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Achieving a restorative mental break for family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease

✍ Scribed by Janet H. Watts; Jodi Teitelman

Book ID: 108930944
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Weight: 132 KB
Volume: 52
Category: Article
ISSN: 0045-0766
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2005.00524.x

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