Lewy body dementia: The caregiver experience of clinical care

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 388-392

  Galvin, James E ^a   Duda, John E ^b   Kaufer, Daniel I ^c   Lippa, Carol F ^d   Taylor, Angela ^e   Zarit, Steven H ^f  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Lewy Body Dementia Association   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver experiences; Diagnosis; Lewy body dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSULTATION; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER;

CAREGIVERS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77953620052     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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