Diagnostic, therapeutic, ethic and legal issues in caring for dementia: The viewpoint of medical representative in Modena (Italy)

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL. 8, 2002, Pages 191-198

  Margiotta, A ^a   Iacono, S ^a   D'Autilia, N ^b   Luberto, S ^a   Pinelli, M ^c   Baldelli, M V ^a   Neri, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Med Assoc of the Prov of Modena   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dementia; Ethic and legal issues; Medical viewpoint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ITALY; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROLOGY; PATERNALISM; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036993720     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(02)00133-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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