Dementia: An anthropological perspective

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 207-212

  Hashmi, Mahnaz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY INTERACTION; FAMILY LIFE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NOTE; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGING; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67649342390     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2176     Document Type: Note

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