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Research Article

Psychometric Assessment of the Depressive Cognition Scale in Caregivers of Persons with Dementia

, PhD, RN, H.S.M.I. & , PhD, RN-BC, FAAN
Pages 678-684 | Published online: 04 Sep 2013

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