Understanding social changes in the experience of dementia

Alzheimer's Care Quarterly

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 185-193

  Roger, Kerstin Stieber ^a,b,c  

^a Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Dementia; End of life; Personhood; Social aspects

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750492290     PISSN: 15253279     EISSN: 15503240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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