Screening for dementia: FluiditY and the Mini Mental State Examination in India

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 604-623

  Brijnath, Bianca ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cultures of screening; dementia; fluidity; India; Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SCREENING TEST; VIGNETTE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CULTURE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 82455187842     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461511413005     Document Type: Article

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