Sad but true: Your father has dementia. An approach to announcing the diagnosis

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 49, Issue OCT., 2003, Pages 1296-1301

  Frenette, Guy ^a   Beauchemin, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CODEINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUG SAFETY; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LONG TERM CARE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SUPPORT GROUP;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CANADA; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POLYPHARMACY; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0142248453     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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