Dementia and the limits to life: Anthropological sensibilities, STS interferences, and possibilities for action in care

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 704-722

  Moser, Ingunn ^a  

^a Diakonhjemmet University College   (Norway)

Author keywords

anthropology; biomedicine; dementia care; life; limits

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053063760     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: 15528251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243910396349     Document Type: Article

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