Experiences of spouses of people with dementia in long-term care

Dementia

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 177-191

  Mullin, Jennifer ^a   Simpson, Jane ^b   Froggatt, Katherine ^b  

^a LANCASHIRE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dementia; interpretative phenomenological analysis; long term care; spouses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876024675     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301211418096     Document Type: Article

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