'She might have what I have got': The potential utility of vignettes as an indirect measure of awareness in early-stage dementia

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 566-575

  Clare, Linda ^a   Nelis, Sharon M ^a   Martyr, Anthony ^a   Whitaker, Christopher J ^b   Marková, Ivana S ^c   Roth, Ilona ^d   Woods, Robert T ^a   Morris, Robin G ^e  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Anosognosia; Older adults; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AWARENESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84863462305     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2011.652594     Document Type: Article

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