The lived-experiences of early-stage dementia and the feared suffering: An explorative survey;De beleving van beginnende dementie en het gevreesde lijden: Een exploratieve studie

Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 194-203

  De Boer, M E ^a   Droes R M ^a   Jonker, C ^a   Eefsting, J A ^a   Hertogh, C M P M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 78149456894     PISSN: 01679228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03096211     Document Type: Article

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