Social factors and the outcome of dementia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 515-520

  Orrell, Martin ^a   Butler, Rob ^b   Bebbington, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST CHARLES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Dependency; Life events; Outcome; Service use; Social factors; Social support

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONDON; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034131043     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1166(200006)15:6<515::AID-GPS147>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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