Ethical issues in social research involving people with dementia

Dementia

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 463-479

  Sherratt, Chris ^a   Soteriou, Tony ^b   Simon, Evans ^c  

^a Dementia Care Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^b AVON AND WILTSHIRE MENTAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacity; Consent

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249001738     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301207084365     Document Type: Article

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