Resisting social disenfranchisement: Negotiating collective identities and everyday life with memory loss

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1509-1520

  Beard, Renée L ^a   Fox, Patrick J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Collective experiences; Illness identity; Memory loss; USA

Indexed keywords

AGING; DISEASE; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049092675     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.12.024     Document Type: Article

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