Catapulting shifts in images, understandings, and actions for family members through research -based drama

Family Relations

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 104-120

  Dupuis, Sherry L ^a   Gillies, Jennifer ^a   Mitchell, Gail J ^b   Jonas Simpson, Christine ^b   Whyte, Colleen ^a   Carson, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b York University   (Canada)

Author keywords

dementia; family care partners; pheonomenology; research based drama

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650936247     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2010.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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