A review of Feil's validation method for communicating with and caring for dementia sufferers

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 326-332

  Jones, Gemma M M ^a  

^a ST CHARLES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0030743082     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-199707000-00015     Document Type: Review

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