Use of the clock-drawing test in a hospice population

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 559-565

  Henderson, Max ^a   Scott, S ^b   Hotopf, M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST CHRISTOPHER S HOSPICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clock drawing test; Cognitive impairment; Palliative medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRAWING; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICE PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION; ROC CURVE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFUSION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 36248936233     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216307081936     Document Type: Article

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