Gender-dependence of substituted judgment on quality of life in patients with dementia

BMC Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Schiffczyk, Claudia ^a   Jonas, Christina ^a   Lahmeyer, Constanze ^a   Müller, Friedemann ^b   Riepe, Matthias W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Alzheimer Therapiezentrum Bad Aibling   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTITUTED JUDGMENT; ADULT; CAREGIVER; CUSTODY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROXY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 80053364044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-11-118     Document Type: Article

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