The deprivation of liberty safeguards and people with dementia: Implications for social workers

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1503-1516

  Dwyer, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dementia; Deprivation of liberty; older people

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954983140     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcp077     Document Type: Article

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