Self-reported competence, attitude and approach of physicians towards patients with dementia in ambulatory care: Results of a postal survey

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna ^a   Wiese, Birgitt ^b   Van Den Bussche, Hendrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIKERT TYPE SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROLOGIST; PATIENT CARE; POSTAL MAIL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONALISM; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEUROLOGY; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; DEMENTIA; DISCLOSURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROLOGY; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 42049099007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-54     Document Type: Article

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