Supporting young carers in Canada

Affiliations

¹ Undergraduate Bachelor of Health Sciences student in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont.
² Assistant Professor in the School of Rehabilitation Therapy in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen's University.
³ Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine in the Division of Palliative Care at the University of Toronto in Ontario.

Lucas Xavier Perri et al. Can Fam Physician. 2025 May.

. 2025 May;71(5):314-316.

doi: 10.46747/cfp.7105314.

¹ Undergraduate Bachelor of Health Sciences student in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont.
² Assistant Professor in the School of Rehabilitation Therapy in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen's University.
³ Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine in the Division of Palliative Care at the University of Toronto in Ontario.

No abstract available

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