View of life in persons with dementia

Dementia

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 481-499

  Westius, Anders ^a   Andersson, Lars ^b   Kallenberg, Kjell ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Basic emotional attitude; Central values; Dementia; Life story; View of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649108947     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301209350287     Document Type: Article

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