Portraits of people with dementia: Three case studies of creating portraits

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 371-376

  Webster, Gemma ^a   Fels, Deborah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

dementia; multimedia; portraits

Indexed keywords

AGED; ART; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; DEMENTIA; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MEMORY; MULTIMEDIA; PATIENT INFORMATION; RELATIVE;

EID: 84879717519     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: 19382731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317513488908     Document Type: Article

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