Coping with dementia: Evaluation of four nonpharmacologic interventions

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 249-265

  Quayhagen, Mary P ^a   Quayhagen, Margaret ^a   Corbeil, Robert R ^a   Hendrix, Ronald C ^b   Jackson, J Edward ^c   Snyder, Lisa ^d   Bower, Doris ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 0033914044     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610200006360     Document Type: Article

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