'Making mistakes': Using Co-Constructed Inquiry to illuminate meaning and relationships in the early adjustment to Alzheimer's disease - A single case study approach

Dementia

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 343-364

  Keady, John ^a   Williams, Sion ^b   Hughes Roberts, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co constructed inquiry; Early adjustment to Alzheimer's disease; Life story; Narrative; Personal theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848851589     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301207081569     Document Type: Article

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