Location or dis-location? Towards a conceptualization of people and place in the care-giving experience

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 455-470

  Milligan, Christine ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aug ; Dementia; Dis location; Informal care; Older people; Space

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 10944237678     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1464936032000137902     Document Type: Article

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