Editorial: Confronting Alzheimer's disease and other dementias

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1587-1590

  Attea, Paul ^a,b   Johns, Harry ^a  

^a ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b Garnick and Scudder PC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; DEMENTIA; EDITORIAL; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955257593     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02963.x     Document Type: Editorial

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