Dementia at the Intersections: A unique case study exploring social location

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-39

  O'Connor, Deborah ^a   Phinney, Alison ^a,b   Hulko, Wendy ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b University of British Columbia's Vancouver Campus   (Canada)

^c THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; Dementia; Discourse; Personhood; Social location

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350741226     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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