Knowing - Or not knowing - When to stop: Cognitive decline in ageing doctors

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 622-624

  Adler, Robert G ^a   Constantinou, Conn ^a  

^a Health Program Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 58149328946     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02216.x     Document Type: Article

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