Spirituality, Faith, and Mild Alzheimer’s Disease

There is some evidence for a positive association between spirituality, cognitive, and behavioral functioning in people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, to our knowledge there is no published data to date that provides an explanatory model for these findings. Twenty-eight individuals with mil...

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Authors: McGee, Jocelyn Shealy (Author) ; Myers, Dennis R. (Author) ; Carlson, Holly (Author) ; Funai, Angela Pool (Author) ; Barclay, Paul A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2013
In: Research in the social scientific study of religion
Year: 2013, Volume: 24, Pages: 221-257
Further subjects:B Religious sociology
B Social sciences
B Religionspsycholigie
B Religionswissenschaften
B Religion & Gesellschaft
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