Cross-cultural aspects of dementia

Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-106

  Shah, Ajit ^a   Oommen, Geetha ^b   Wuntakal, Balaji ^c  

^a WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UK She works in an area with a high ethnic minority population and has set up suitable services for ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ST CHARLES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

black and minority ethnic (BME); cross cultural aspects; old age psychiatry; psychogeriatric; services

Indexed keywords

EID: 29944439129     PISSN: 14761793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1383/psyt.4.2.103.59103     Document Type: Article

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