Timely Responses to Dementia: Exploring the Social Work Role

Journal of Social Work

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-203

  Manthorpe, Jill ^a   Iliffe, Steve ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dementia recognition; early dementia; social services; social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248606909     PISSN: 14680173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468017305054973     Document Type: Article

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