Self and embodiment: A bio-phenomenological approach to dementia

Dementia

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 509-522

  Millett, Stephan ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

dementia; embodiment; phenomenology; self; semiotic subjects

Indexed keywords

EID: 80655135640     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301211409374     Document Type: Article

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