Disclosure of Alzheimer's disease. Senior citizens' opinions

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 50, Issue DEC., 2004, Pages 1671-1677

  Ouimet, Marie Andrée ^a   Dion, Dominique ^b   Élie, Michel ^b   Dendukuri, Nandini ^b   Belzile, Eric ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SPOUSE;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 10944270580     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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