Expressive bodies: Demented persons' communication in a dance therapy context

Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-317

  Nyström, Krister ^a,b   Lauritzen, Sonja Olin ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b University College of Dance   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body movement; Communication; Dance therapy; Dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MUSIC THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; COMMUNICATION; DANCE THERAPY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SWEDEN; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 22244440783     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459305052902     Document Type: Article

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