Placing the place, and placing oneself within it: (Dis)orientation and (dis)continuity in dementia

Dementia

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-44

  Örulv, Linda ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Continuity; Disorientation; Ethnography; Life history; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949882380     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301210364449     Document Type: Article

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