'We didn't know it would get that bad': South Asian experiences of dementia and the service response

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 387-396

  Bowes, Alison ^a   Wilkinson, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Dementia; Dementia services; Ethnic minorities; South Asian people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ASIA, WESTERN; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 0142057041     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.2003.00440.x     Document Type: Review

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