Improving professional practice in the disclosure of a diagnosis of dementia: A modeling experiment to evaluate a theory-based intervention

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 377-387

  Eccles, Martin P ^a   Francis, Jill ^b   Foy, Robbie ^a   Johnston, Marie ^c   Bamford, Claire ^a   Grimshaw, Jeremy M ^d   Hughes, Julian ^e   Lecouturier, Jan ^a   Steen, Nick ^a   Whitty, Paula M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e NORTH TYNESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Intervention modeling

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 73449121949     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-008-9023-3     Document Type: Article

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