The rising demand for consultation-liaison psychiatry for older people: Comparisons within Liverpool and the literature across time

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1231-1235

  Anderson, David ^a   Nortcliffe, Margaret ^a   Dechenne, Sophie ^a   Wilson, Kenneth ^b  

^a MERSEY CARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ageing; consultation liaison; elderly; psychiatry; referrals; training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; EUROPE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIAISON PSYCHIATRY; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT REFERRAL; SINGAPORE; TAIWAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80855156531     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2667     Document Type: Article

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