Pathways to diagnosis: Exploring the experiences of problem recognition and obtaining a dementia diagnosis among Anglo-Canadians

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 372-381

  Leung, Karen K ^a   Finlay, Juli ^b   Silvius, James L ^a   Koehn, Sharon ^c   Mccleary, Lynn ^d   Cohen, Carole A ^e   Hum, Susan ^f   Garcia, Linda ^g   Dalziel, William ^a   Emerson, Victor F ^h   Pimlott, Nicholas J G ⁱ   Persaud, Malini ^j   Kozak, Jean ^c   Drummond, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Center for Healthy Aging at Providence   (Canada)

^d BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^h Acuity Research Group Inc   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^j YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Dementia; Diagnosis; Help seeking; Patient centered care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

AGED; ALBERTA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79958846500     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2010.00982.x     Document Type: Article

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