Striving for connection: Appraisal and coping among women with early-stage Alzheimer's disease

Dementia

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-94

  Van Dijkhuizen, Mike ^a   Clare, Linda ^b   Pearce, Alison ^c  

^a AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DORSET HEALTHCARE UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

connectedness; phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750449103     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301206059756     Document Type: Article

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