Telling "the truth" in dementia-Do attitude and approach of general practitioners and specialists differ?

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 220-226

  Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna ^a   Bachmann, Cadja ^a   van den Bussche, Hendrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Diagnosis; Disclosure; Physician patient relationship

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMENTIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEAR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHIATRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHAME; STEREOTYPING; TABOO; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 37849048252     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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