Coping with mild Alzheimer's disease

Dementia

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 287-299

  Sørensen, Lisbeth ^a   Waldorff, Frans ^b   Waldemar, Gunhild ^c  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b Research Unit for General Practice   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coping; Dementia; Everyday life; Patients' perspective; Social relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 48649097952     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301208093285     Document Type: Article

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