Asian Nursing Research
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 195-207 , December 2008

Family Caregivers of Older People in Nursing Homes

  • Eun-Hi Kong, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Eun-Hi Kong, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Kyungwon University, 65 Bokjeong-dong, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 461-701, Korea

Received 16 September 2008 ,Revised 30 September 2008 ,Accepted 18 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/S1976-1317(09)60001-3

Asian Nursing Research
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 195-207 , December 2008

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