Awareness context theory and the dynamics of dementia:Improving understanding using emergent fit

Dementia

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 269-295

  Hellström, Ingrid ^a   Nolan, Mike ^b   Lundh, Ulla ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

awareness contexts; dynamics of dementia; grounded theory; spousal relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993810431     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301205051096     Document Type: Article

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