Learning to live with early dementia

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 366-384

  Werezak, Leona ^a   Stewart, Norma ^b  

^a SASKATCHEWAN POLYTECHNIC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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