Assessment of dementia in ethnic minority patients in Europe: A European Alzheimer's Disease Consortium survey

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 86-95

  Nielsen, T Rune ^a,b   Vogel, Asmus ^a   Riepe, Matthias W ^c   De Mendonça, Alexandre ^d   Rodriguez, Guido ^e   Nobili, Flavio ^e   Gade, Anders ^b   Waldemar, Gunhild ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

assessment; dementia; diagnosis; Ethnic minority; questionnaire; survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79951671985     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610210000955     Document Type: Article

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