'The path through the unknown': The experience of being a relative of a dementia-suffering spouse or parent

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 21-22, 2013, Pages 3024-3031

  Madsen, Rikke ^a   Birkelund, Regner ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dementia; Experiences; Life changing events; Relatives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; EXPERIENCES; HUMAN; LIFE-CHANGING EVENTS; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELATIVES; SPOUSE;

DEMENTIA; EXPERIENCES; LIFE-CHANGING EVENTS; RELATIVES;

DEMENTIA; HUMANS; PARENTS; SPOUSES;

EID: 84885868712     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12131     Document Type: Article

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