Managing threats to self: Awareness in early stage Alzheimer's disease

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1017-1029

  Clare, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Anosognosia; Awareness; Phenomenology; Self concept; UK

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PHENOMENOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0038715057     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00476-8     Document Type: Article

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