Primary care and dementia: 1. Diagnosis, screening and disclosure

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 895-901

  Iliffe, Steve ^a   Robinson, Louise ^b   Brayne, Carol ^c   Goodman, Claire ^d   Rait, Greta ^a   Manthorpe, Jill ^e   Ashley, Peter ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f ALZHEIMER'S SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive function tests; Dementia; Disclosure of the diagnosis; Early diagnosis; Primary care; Screening

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 70350756026     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2204     Document Type: Review

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