Dementia from the inside: How people with early-stage dementia evaluate their quality of life

Ageing and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-214

  Katsuno, Towako ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Perceived quality of life; Stigma; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION;

EID: 15944417470     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X0400279X     Document Type: Article

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