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Caregivers coping with chronic disease, dying and death of an aged family member

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Andreas Kruse*
Affiliation:
Institute of Gerontology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
*
Dr Andreas Kruse, Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg, Institute für Gerontologie, Akademiestrasse 3, 6900 Heidelberg, Germany.

Abstract

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Type
Social and psychological gerontology
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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