Patients and families desire a patient to be told the diagnosis of dementia: A survey by questionnaire on a Dutch memory clinic

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 777-779

  Dautzenberg, Paul L J ^a   Van Marum, Rob J ^a   Van Der Hammen, Roger ^a   Palaing, Heleen A ^a  

^a JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dementia; Diagnosis; Elderly; Somatic disease; Truth telling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEMORY DISORDER; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0141595253     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.916     Document Type: Article

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