Doing dementia better: Anthropological insights

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 273-289

  Castillo, Elizabeth Herskovits ^a,b,c  

^a Geriatric Medicine Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Givens Estates (CCRC)   (United States)

Author keywords

Agism; Anthropology of dementia; Embodiment; Personhood

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CREATIVITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE; PERSONHOOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PERSONHOOD; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957885358     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: 18798853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2011.02.002     Document Type: Review

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