Reducing dementia-related aggression through a staff education intervention

Dementia

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 271-286

  Chrzescijanski, Deirdre ^a   Moyle, Wendy ^a   Creedy, Debra ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Attitudes; Dementia; Human needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547660022     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301207080369     Document Type: Article

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