Abuse of people with dementia by family carers: Representative cross sectional survey

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7694, 2009, Pages 583-585

  Cooper, Claudia ^a   Selwood, Amber ^a   Blanchard, Martin ^a   Walker, Zuzana ^a   Blizard, Robert ^a   Livingston, Gill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ABUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; ELDER ABUSE; ENGLAND; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62549087457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b155     Document Type: Article

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