Balancing between contradictions: The meaning of interaction with people suffering from dementia and "behavioral disturbances"

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-157

  Graneheim, Ulla H ^a   Isaksson, Ulf ^a   Ljung, Inga Maj Persson ^a   Jansson, Lilian ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHENOMENOLOGY; REVIEW; TAPE RECORDER;

AGED; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SWEDEN;

EID: 14644408097     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/X2EN-XBDJ-EW6U-F363     Document Type: Review

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