Informal Caregivers
- 1 September 2008
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in The American Journal of Nursing
- Vol. 108 (9), 73-77
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.naj.0000336426.65440.87
Abstract
Communicating about care preferences can improve the well-being of caregivers and care recipients.Keywords
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