The accessibility of public spaces for people with dementia: A new priority for the 'open city'

Disability and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 357-371

  Blackman, Tim ^a   Mitchell, Lynne ^b   Burton, Elizabeth ^b   Jenks, Mike ^b   Parsons, Maria ^b   Raman, Shibu ^b   Williams, Katie ^b  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037660974     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0968759032000052914     Document Type: Article

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