Dementia and the phenomenon of social death

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-117

  Sweeting, Helen ^a   Gilhooly, Mary ^b  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Caregiving; Dementia; Grief; Person; Relationship; Social death

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031542644     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.ep10934317     Document Type: Article

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