Living with dementia: Lay definitions of Alzheimer's disease among African American caregivers and sufferers

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 199-222

  Belgrave, Linda Liska ^a,d   Allen Kelsey, G Janice ^b   Smith, Kenneth J ^a   Flores, Maritza C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b BETHUNE COOKMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BARRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Biology   (United States)

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EID: 2642535450     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/si.2004.27.2.199     Document Type: Review

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