Physicians' Perceptions of Their Role in Treating Dementia-related Behavior Problems in the Nursing Home: Actual Practice and the Ideal

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 552-557

  Cohen Mansfield, Jiska ^a,b,c   Jensen, Barbara ^a  

^a Research Institute on Aging of the Charles E Smith Life Communities   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior problems; dementia; Nursing home; physicians

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSING HOME; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 52749098697     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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