The attitudes and practices of general practitioners regarding dementia diagnosis in Ireland

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 663-669

  Cahill, S ^a   Clark, M ^a   O'Connell, H ^a   Lawlor, B ^a   Coen, R F ^a   Walsh, C ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dementia; Diagnosis; General practitioners (GPs); Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRELAND; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 44649149410     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1956     Document Type: Article

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