Sharing letters with patients and their carers: Problems and outcomes in elderly and dementia care

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 330-333

  Treloar, Adrian ^a   Adamis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a OXLEAS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 24944468240     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.29.9.330     Document Type: Article

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