Recognition, attitudes and causal beliefs regarding dementia in Italian, Greek and Chinese Australians

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 499-508

  Low, Lee Fay ^a   Anstey, Kaarin Jane ^b   Lackersteen, Steven Malcolm ^a   Camit, Michael ^c   Harrison, Fleur ^a   Draper, Brian ^d   Brodaty, Henry ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Beliefs; Dementia; Racial and ethnic minorities; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CHINESE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RISK FACTOR; VIGNETTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEMENTIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; ITALY; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251526562     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321667     Document Type: Article

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