Rural practitioners' experiences in dementia diagnosis and treatment

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 422-429

  Teel, C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 4644221519     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860410001725018     Document Type: Article

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