International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 235-243 , June 1999

The effect of expressive physical touch on patients with dementia

  • E.J Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Taejon University, 96-3 Yon Woon-donng, Tong-gu, Taejon 300-716, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82-42-280-2656; fax: +82-42-274-2600
    • ,
  • M.T Buschmann

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 S. Damen Ave Chicago, IL 60612-7350, USA

Received 1 July 1998 ,Revised 8 December 1998 ,Accepted 5 February 1999.

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☆ This is based on a thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the doctoral degree at the Graduate College of the University of Illinois at Chicago

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International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 235-243 , June 1999

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