Reminiscence: A Culturally and Developmentally Appropriate Language Intervention for Older Adults

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 19-25

  Harris, Joyce L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Language intervention; Multicultural; Older adults; Reminiscence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031477376     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360.0603.19     Document Type: Article

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