"Our own little language": Naming and the social construction of Alzheimer's disease

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 361-384

  Vittoria, Anne K ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0033262496     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/si.1999.22.4.361     Document Type: Article

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