Forget me not: Palliative care for people with dementia

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 980, 2007, Pages 362-366

  Harris, Dylan ^a  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; AGITATION; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISORIENTATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECALL; REVIEW;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMENTIA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 34250728458     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2006.052936     Document Type: Review

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