Sharing stories: A meta-ethnographic analysis of 12 autobiographies written by people with dementia between 1989 and 2007

Ageing and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 511-526

  Page, Sean ^a   Keady, John ^b  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autobiography; Dementia; Meta ethnographic analysis; Narrative; Storytelling; Younger people

Indexed keywords

BIOGRAPHY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL NETWORK; YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 77952426647     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X09990365     Document Type: Article

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