Dementia as a Biopsychosocial Condition: Implications for Practice and Research

Handbook of the Clinical Psychology of Ageing: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 145-159

  Downs, Murna ^a   Clare, Linda ^b   Anderson, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive rehabilitation; Dementia biopsychosocial condition; Integrated biopsychosocial approach; Person centred approach in subjective experience; Psychosocial aspects in dementia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889289430     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470773185.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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