Need-driven dementia-compromised behavior: An alternative view of disruptive behavior

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 10-19

  Algase, Donna L ^a   Beck, Cormelia ^b   Kolanowski, Ann ^c   Whall, Ann ^d   Berent, Stanley ^e   Richards, Kathy ^a   Beattie, Elizabeth ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 79955933218     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: 19382731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153331759601100603     Document Type: Article

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