The dimensions of insight in people with dementia

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-122

  Howorth, P ^a   Saper, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

^b Denethorpe   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 0037541554     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360786031000072286     Document Type: Article

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