Predictive properties of referral communications for mental illness and dementia in a community

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-120

  Nagaratman, Nages ^a   Lewis Jones, Mary ^a  

^a BLACKTOWN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community referrals; Dementia; Psychiatric disorders

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0031914406     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017033     Document Type: Article

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