The lived experience of spirituality and dementia in older people living with mild to moderate dementia

Dementia

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-94

  Dalby, Padmaprabha ^a   Sperlinger, David J ^b   Boddington, Stephen ^c  

^a SUSSEX PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dementia; interpretive phenomenological analysis; person centred care; spirituality; subjective experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855876385     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301211416608     Document Type: Article

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