Applied Nursing Research
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 212-215 , November 2006

Lessons learned from a Parkinson's disease caregiver intervention pilot study

  • Barbara Habermann, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Center for Aging, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-1210, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 205 975 0249; fax: +1 205 975 6142.
    • ,
  • Linda Lindsey Davis, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    • Tel.: +1 919 684 0343; fax: +1 919 681 8899.

Received 5 August 2005 ,Accepted 15 December 2005.

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PII: S0897-1897(06)00086-3

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2005.12.003

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 212-215 , November 2006

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