Threat to valued elements of life: The experience of dementia across three ethnic groups

Gerontologist

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-50

  Lawrence, Vanessa ^a   Samsi, Kritika ^a   Banerjee, Sube ^a   Morgan, Craig ^a   Murray, Joanna ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural Differences; Dementia; Qualitative Methods; Subjective experience

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEMENTIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 78751535750     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnq073     Document Type: Article

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