Dementia: Opportunities for risk reduction and early detection in general practice

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-94

  Millard, Fiona B ^a   Kennedy, R Lee ^a   Baune, Bernhard T ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

health literacy; memory problems; Mind Your Mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM; WAITING ROOM;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PAMPHLETS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79952969254     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY10037     Document Type: Article

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