The therapeutic use of doll therapy in dementia

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 329-334

  Mitchell, Gary ^a   O'Donnell, Hugh ^b  

^a Dementia Care Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Doll therapy; Ethical dilemmas; Holistic care; Nonpharmacological treatments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876566765     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2013.22.6.329     Document Type: Article

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