Rethinking sociability in long-term care: An embodied dimension of selfhood

Dementia

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 329-346

  Kontos, Pia C ^a,b  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

dementia; embodiment; selfhood; sociability; social interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859905119     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301211421073     Document Type: Article

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