Factors impacting on early detection of dementia in older people of Asian background in primary healthcare

Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 120-127

  Lee, Sook Meng ^a   Lin, Xiaoping ^a   Haralambous, Betty ^b   Dow, Briony ^a   Vrantsidis, Freda ^a   Tinney, Jean ^b   Blackberry, Irene ^a,b   Lautenschlager, Nicola ^c,d   Giudice, Dina Lo ^e  

^a NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asian; Cultural; Dementia; Early diagnosis; Primary healthcare

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIET NAM;

EID: 80052205291     PISSN: 17585864     EISSN: 17585872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-5872.2011.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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