I'm still the same person: The impact of early-stage dementia on identity

Dementia

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 379-398

  Caddell, Lisa S ^a   Clare, Linda ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; personhood; self; selfhood; vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960603457     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301211408255     Document Type: Article

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