Dementia. A personal legacy beyond words

This is the revised text of a lecture presented at the Joint Meeting of the Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry and the Special Interest Group in Spirituality and Psychiatry on 14 December 2005. The paper explores the interface of clinical, ethical, and spiritual dimensions in the promotion of communicati...

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Main Author: Lawrence, Robert M. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2007
In: Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2007, Volume: 10, Issue: 6, Pages: 553-562
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