Humour, irony and sarcasm in severe Alzheimer's dementia - A corrective to retrogenesis?

Ageing and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 328-346

  Moos, Inger ^a  

^a NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; communication; dementia; retrogenesis

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH;

EID: 79957500050     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X10001054     Document Type: Article

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