Alzheimer's Disease Metaphors as Mirror and Lens to the Stigma of Dementia
Alzheimer's Disease Metaphors as Mirror and Lens to the Stigma of Dementia
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United States: Johns Hopkins University Press
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This essay gives an overview of the metaphors that patients in comparison to caregivers employ to conceptualize their experience with the chronic degenerative, cognitive, and incurable aspects of Alzheimer's disease. It explores how the images (such as the journey, darkness, the death sentence, and torture) relate to the narration of cognitive decl...
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Alzheimer's Disease Metaphors as Mirror and Lens to the Stigma of Dementia
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1901704909
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1901704909
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0278-9671,1080-6571
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1080-6571
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10.1353/lm.2017.0003
