After the diagnosis. Supporting Alzheimer's patients and their families

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 1997, Pages

  Ham, Richard J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEMORY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT PLANNING; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG COMBINATION; LIVING WILL; LONG TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FAMILY; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 1842295152     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1997.06.223     Document Type: Conference Paper

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