'I was worried coming in because I don't really know why it was arranged': The subjective experience of new patients and their primary caregivers attending a memory clinic

Dementia

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-189

  Cahill, Suzanne M ^a,b,c   Gibb, Matthew ^d,e   Bruce, Irene ^e   Headon, Mary ^a,c   Drury, Mary ^a,f  

^a Dementia Services Information and Development Centre   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^e ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Assessment; Family caregiver; Memory problems; Person with dementia; Service

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649138241     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301208091157     Document Type: Article

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