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Dementia: involving patients in storytelling--a caring intervention. A pilot study

Ann-Kristin Holm1, Margret Lepp, Karin C Ringsberg

  • 1Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg University, Faculty of Health and Caring Sciences, Institute of Nursing, Göteborg, Sweden.

Journal of Clinical Nursing
|January 27, 2005
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