The importance of remembering and deciding together: Enhancing the health and well-being of older adults in care

The Social Cure: Identity, Health and Well-Being

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 297-315

  Haslam, Catherine ^a   Jetten, Jolanda ^b   Haslam, S Alexander ^a   Knight, Craig P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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