The attitudes of carers and old age psychiatrists towards the treatment of potentially fatal events in end-stage dementia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-173

  Coetzee, R H ^a   Leask, S J ^a   Jones, Rob G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Carers; Dementia; End stage; Psychiatrists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHICS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; STUDENT T TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0037326693     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.778     Document Type: Article

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