Family physicians' perspectives on care of dementia patients and family caregivers

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1008-1015

  Yaffe, Mark J ^a,c   Orzeck, Pam ^b   Barylak, Lucy ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Caregiver Support Centre   (Canada)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEBEC;

EID: 48249138474     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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