Coordinated multidisciplinary care for Huntington's disease. An outpatient department

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 192-195

  Veenhuizen, Ruth B ^a   Tibben, Aad ^b  

^a Noorderbreedte persoonlijke zorg en wooncomfort   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coordinated care; Huntington's disease; Multidisciplinary care; Multidisciplinary team; Outreaching care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIETITIAN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NURSING CARE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; SOCIAL WORKER; SPEECH THERAPY;

EID: 70349479162     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2009.06.017     Document Type: Note

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