An exploration into the relationships people with dementia have with physical objects: An ethnographic study

Dementia

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 697-712

  Stephens, Alex ^a   Cheston, Richard ^b   Gleeson, Kate ^c  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b AWP Mental Health Partnership Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attachment; dementia; ethnography; psychodynamic; transitional object

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTACHMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMENTIA; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHODYNAMIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRANSITIONAL OBJECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTACHMENT; DEMENTIA; ETHNOGRAPHY; PSYCHODYNAMIC; TRANSITIONAL OBJECT;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY;

EID: 84887509931     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301212442585     Document Type: Article

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