Memory clinics

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 965, 2006, Pages 199-206

  Jolley, D ^a   Benbow, S M ^a   Grizzell, M ^a  

^a Dorothy Pattison Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; DEMENTIA; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STAFF; MEMORY DISORDER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SPIRITUAL CARE; TIME PERCEPTION;

AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CAREGIVERS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 33645033863     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2005.040592     Document Type: Review

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