Dementia, diagnostic disclosure, and self-reported health status

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 296-300

  Campbell, Kellie H ^a   Stocking, Carol B ^a,b   Hougham, Gavin W ^a,c   Whitehouse, Peter J ^d   Danner, Deborah D ^e   Sachs, Greg A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c The John A Hartford Foundation   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Diagnostic disclosure; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AWARENESS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 38549149717     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01551.x     Document Type: Article

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