Making sense of dementia: Understanding amongst indigenous Australians

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 649-656

  Garvey, Gail ^a   Simmonds, Donna ^a   Clements, Vanessa ^a   O'Rourke, Peter ^a   Sullivan, Karen ^b   Gorman, Don ^c   Curnow, Venessa ^d   Wise, Susi ^b   Beattie, Elizabeth ^b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Alzheimer's Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; disparities; survey design

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPREHENSION; DEMENTIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; THERAPEUTIC MISCONCEPTION;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79953833306     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2578     Document Type: Article

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