On disclosing a diagnosis of dementia;Die Patientenaufklärung bei Demenz

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 81-87

  Lammler G ^a   Stechl, E ^a   Steinhagen Thiessen, E ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Coping; Dementia; Diagnosis; Disclosure

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMENTIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMENTIA; DISCLOSURE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 34247506722     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-007-0439-1     Document Type: Article

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