Dysgraphia and terminal delirium

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-132

  Macleod, A D ^a   Whitehead, L E ^b  

^a Burwood Hospice   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Delirium; Handwriting; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSGRAPHIA; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0030944845     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026921639701100206     Document Type: Article

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