Dementia for hospital physicians

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-39

  Harwood, Rowan H ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication skills; Delirium; Dementia; Geriatric medicine; Hospital care; Person centred dementia care

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FALLING; FAMILY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MENTAL TEST; MOOD DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STROKE;

EID: 84859373131     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.12-1-35     Document Type: Review

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