Attitudes of Patients with Mild Dementia and Their Carers Towards Disclosure of the Diagnosis

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-288

  Pinner, Gill ^a   Bouman, Walter Pierre ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Carer; Dementia; Disclosure of diagnosis; Elderly; Truth telling

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0141849706     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610203009530     Document Type: Article

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