Living with early-stage dementia: The perspective of older Chinese people

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 591-600

  Mok, Esther ^a   Lai, Claudia K Y ^a   Wong, Fanny L F ^b   Wan, Pauline ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation   (Hong Kong)

^c Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation New Terrritories   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese people; Coping; Early dementia; Empirical research report; Interviews; Nursing; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BEREAVEMENT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BEREAVEMENT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34548158740     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04368.x     Document Type: Article

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