Self-neglect in later life

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 226-233

  Johnson, Julia ^a,c   Adams, John ^b  

^a Open University

^b Sir Gordon Robert's Coll Nursing/M

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diogenes syndrome; Later life; Older people; Self neglect; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030560109     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.1996.tb00068.x     Document Type: Article

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