Reaction to a dementia diagnosis in individuals with Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 405-412

  Carpenter, Brian D ^a   Xiong, Chengjie ^a   Porensky, Emily K ^a   Lee, Monica M ^a   Brown, Patrick J ^a   Coats, Mary ^b   Johnson, David ^b   Morris, John C ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Diagnostic disclosure; Doctor patient interactions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRIENDS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 40149087698     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01600.x     Document Type: Article

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