The meaning of living close to a person with Alzheimer disease

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 341-349

  Bergman, Mette ^a   Graff, Caroline ^a   Eriksdotter, Maria ^a,b   Fugl Meyer, Kerstin S ^a,b   Schuster, Marja ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Red Cross University College   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Early onset; Interpretative phenomenology; Lifeworld; Professional approach; Spouses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPOUSE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPOUSES;

EID: 84961208567     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-016-9696-3     Document Type: Article

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