Including older people with dementia in research: Challenges and strategies

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 351-362

  Hubbard, Gill ^a   Downs, M G ^a   Tester, S ^a  

^a Department of General Practice ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; EMOTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH; TIME; TRAINING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VOCALIZATION;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; EMOTIONS; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MEMORY DISORDERS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0042322496     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360786031000150685     Document Type: Article

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