V. A. Kral, the Montreal Hebrew Old People's Home, and benign senescent forgetfulness

History of Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 313-332

  Heinik, Jeremia ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Benign Senescent Forgetfulness; Canada; Mild Cognitive Impairment; Montreal Hebrew Old People's and Sheltering Home; V. A. Kral

Indexed keywords

CANADA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HISTORY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; JEW; REVIEW;

COGNITION DISORDERS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; JEWS; QUEBEC;

EID: 33747625429     PISSN: 0957154X     EISSN: 17402360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957154X06061600     Document Type: Review

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