Ethnographic reflections on selfhood, embodiment and Alzheimer's disease
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Reflections on Selfhood and Embodiment
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عنوان ژورنال: Ageing and Society
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0144-686X,1469-1779
DOI: 10.1017/s0144686x04002375