Degenerative dementias and their medical care in the movies

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-59

  Segers, Kurt ^a  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Dementia; Fiction films; Therapeutic nihilism

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

ACCURACY; AGGRESSION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CAREGIVER; CINERADIOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; HUMANS; LITERATURE, MODERN; MEDICINE IN LITERATURE; MOTION PICTURES;

EID: 33947132196     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e31802f2460     Document Type: Article

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