Dignity work in dementia care: Sketching a microethical analysis

Dementia

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 507-525

  Örulv, Linda ^a   Nikku, Nina ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conflict solving; Coping strategies; Ethics; Ethnography; Microethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249047900     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301207084368     Document Type: Article

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