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Personhood, dementia literacy, and the causes and consequences of Alzheimer’s disease fear

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2021

Suzanne Cahill*
Affiliation:
School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Centre for Economic and Social Research on Dementia, National University of Ireland, Galway Institute of Gerontology, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Sweden
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© International Psychogeriatric Association 2021

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