Why do ethnic elders present later to UK dementia services? A qualitative study

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1070-1077

  Mukadam, Naaheed ^a   Cooper, Claudia ^a   Basit, Behzad ^b   Livingston, Gill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BARNET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

access to services; barriers; care pathway; dementia; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MINORITY GROUPS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84855172144     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211000214     Document Type: Article

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