Geriatric psychiatry - A branch of psychiatry that is gaining recognition;Alderspsykiatri - Et fagfelt som finner sin plass

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 117, Issue 25, 1997, Pages 3681-3683

  Engedal, Knut ^a   Nordberg, Erik ^b   Moksnes, Kjell Martin ^c   Henriksen, Hans Kristian ^d   Bergem, A L Mina ^e  

^a Klinikk for Geriatri og Rehabilitering   (Norway)

^b AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Klinikk for Psykiatri   (Norway)

^d Vest Agder Sentralsykehus   (Norway)

^e Psykiatrisk Klinikk   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NORWAY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

AGED; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031580881     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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