Geriatric Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 3 , Pages 154-161 , May 2005

Spiritual well-being and caregiver burden in Alzheimer's caregivers

  • Wanda Raby Spurlock, DNS, RN, BC, CNS

      Affiliations

    • WANDA RABY SPURLOCK, DNS, RN, BC, CNS, is assistant professor in the Graduate Nursing Program at Southern University and A&M College School of Nursing at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2005.03.006

Geriatric Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 3 , Pages 154-161 , May 2005