Screening and assessment of late-life depression in home healthcare: Issues and challenges

Annals of Long-Term Care

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 27-32

  Brown, Ellen ^a   Kaiser, Robert M ^b,c,d   Gellis, Zvi D ^e  

^a Stein Gerontological Institute   (United States)

^b Miami VA GRECC   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 35348988072     PISSN: 15247929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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