Assessment and Treatment of Geriatric Depression in Primary Care Settings

Archives of Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 433-438

  Glasser, Michael ^a   Gravdal, Judith A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0031230194     PISSN: 10633987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfami.6.5.433     Document Type: Article

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