Life-span perspective of personality in dementia

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 315-320

  Kolanowski, Ann M ^a,c   Whall, Ann L ^b  

^a WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Life cycle; Personality

Indexed keywords

AGED; DEMENTIA; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0030329452     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1996.tb00380.x     Document Type: Review

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