Overcoming the social death of dementia through language

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9741, 2010, Pages 586-587

  George, Daniel R ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; BRAIN; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; NOMENCLATURE; PERSONHOOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; PERSONHOOD; PUBLIC OPINION; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 77956034391     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61286-X     Document Type: Short Survey

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