General practitioners' knowledge, confidence and attitudes in the diagnosis and management of dementia

Age and Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 461-467

  Turner, Stephen ^a   Iliffe, Steve ^b   Downs, Murna ^c   Wilcock, Jane ^b   Bryans, Michelle ^a   Levin, Enid ^d   Keady, John ^e   O'Carroll, Ronan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Continuing medical education; Dementia; Diagnosis; Elderly; Social care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTEER; WORKLOAD;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LONDON; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 4544231778     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh140     Document Type: Article

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