Concluding narratives of a career with dementia : Accounts of Iris Murdoch at her death

Ageing and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-109

  Mccolgan, Gillian ^a   Valentine, James ^a   Downs, Murna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounts; Author; Biography; Care; Career; Death; Dementia; Life course; Narrative; Obituaries

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE;

EID: 0034085937     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X99007655     Document Type: Article

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