Family physicians and dementia in Canada: Part 2. Understanding the challenges of dementia care

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Pimlott, Nicholas J G ^a,g   Persaud, Malini ^b   Drummond, Neil ^c   Cohen, Carole A ^b   Silvius, James L ^d   Seigel, Karen ^c   Hollingworth, Gary R ^e   Dalziel, William B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f Ottawa Regional Geriatric Assessment Program   (Canada)

^g WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; DEMENTIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 65949103179     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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