Maximizing available time: Family doctors' challenges with dementia;Tirer le maximum du temps à notre disposition: Les défis de la démence pour les médecins de famille

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 52, Issue FEB., 2006, Pages 157-159

  Nazerali, Najmi ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MONITORING; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RESPONSIBILITY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; CANADA; GENERAL PRACTICE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; TIME MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; DEMENTIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33645294421     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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