Contextual factors in the assessment and management of aggression in dementia patients

Cognitive and Behavior Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 171-190

  Fisher, Jane E ^a   Swingen, Diane N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030739209     PISSN: 10777229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1077-7229(97)80017-X     Document Type: Article

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