Health of the nation outcome scales for elderly people (HoNOS 65+)

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 174, Issue MAY, 1999, Pages 424-427

  Burns, Alistair ^a,e   Beevor, Anne ^b   Lelliott, Paul ^b   Wing, John ^b   Blakey, Andrew ^c   Orrell, Martin ^d   Mulinga, John ^a   Hadden, Stuart ^a  

^a WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS   (United Kingdom)

^c MACCLESFIELD DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032924034     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.174.5.424     Document Type: Article

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