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Dementia studies : a social science perspective / Anthea Innes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Innes, Anthea.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dementia.
- Dementia--Patients--Care.
- Dementia--Treatment.
- Genre:
- Libros electrónicos.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (195 p.) : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; London : SAGE, c2009.
- Los Angeles : SAGE, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Providing a lively and critical study of the main approaches to dementia studies, this text examines current principles and ideologies as well as presenting alternative ideas for future care and understanding.
- Contents:
- COVER; CONTENTS; 1 - WHAT IS DEMENTIA? UNPICKING WHAT IS 'KNOWN'; 2 - THE CONTEXT OF DEMENTIA STUDIES: POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ISSUES; 3 - CARING FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA:UTOPIAN IDEALS?; 4 - DEMENTIA STUDIES WITHIN CULTURAL CONTEXTS; 5 - RESEARCHING DEMENTIA AND DEMENTIA CARE: IMPLICATIONS OF THE GENERATION OF RESEARCH KNOWLEDGE FOR POLICY, PRACTICE AND APPROACHES TO RESEARCH; 6 - A MODEL OF DEMENTIA STUDIES: KNOWLEDGE GENERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCES; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-188) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612623622
- 9781412921633
- 1412921635
- 9781282623620
- 1282623621
- 9780857026651
- 0857026658
- OCLC:
- 638860800
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