Attitudes of Elderly Subjects Toward "Truth Telling" for the Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 90-93

  Turnbull, Quentin ^a   Wolf, Andrew M D ^b   Holroyd, Suzanne ^b  

^a Mental Health Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; SUICIDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASM;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0041842683     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988703016002005     Document Type: Article

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