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Perceptions of Caregiving Role by Son's Caring for a Parent with Alzheimer's Disease

A Qualitative Study

Sara Sanders LSW Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA, 17002, USA
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Peggy McFarland PhD Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA, 17002, USA
Pages 61-76 | Received 10 Jul 2001, Accepted 14 Nov 2001, Published online: 11 Oct 2008

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