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Being monolingual, bilingual or multilingual: pros and cons in patients with dementia

This article looks at the advantages and disadvantages of being monolingual or multilingual, with particular reference to dementia patients who belong to ethnic minorities. There has been some progress in understanding the field of cultural diversity and the variations between different ethnic group...

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Autor principal: Khan, Farooq
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6735042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31508103
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spelling pubmed-67350422019-09-10 Being monolingual, bilingual or multilingual: pros and cons in patients with dementia Khan, Farooq Int Psychiatry Special Paper This article looks at the advantages and disadvantages of being monolingual or multilingual, with particular reference to dementia patients who belong to ethnic minorities. There has been some progress in understanding the field of cultural diversity and the variations between different ethnic groups in relation to their specific difficulties when suffering from dementia (Hendrie et al, 2001). However, research has largely been targeted towards cultural variations and dementia, while the language aspects have not been properly researched. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2011-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6735042/ /pubmed/31508103 Text en © 2011 The Royal College of Psychiatrists http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Being monolingual, bilingual or multilingual: pros and cons in patients with dementia
title_full Being monolingual, bilingual or multilingual: pros and cons in patients with dementia
title_fullStr Being monolingual, bilingual or multilingual: pros and cons in patients with dementia
title_full_unstemmed Being monolingual, bilingual or multilingual: pros and cons in patients with dementia
title_short Being monolingual, bilingual or multilingual: pros and cons in patients with dementia
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