JAMDA
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 154-162 , March 2006

Persistent Family Concerns in Long-term Care Settings: Meaning and Management

  • Elsa Marziali, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Elsa Marziali, PhD, University of Toronto, 246 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada
    • ,
  • Kenneth Shulman, MD, MRCPsych, MSc (FRCP)

      Affiliations

    • Sunnybrook and Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Thecla Damianakis, MSW

      Affiliations

    • University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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PII: S1525-8610(05)00465-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2005.07.007

JAMDA
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 154-162 , March 2006

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