New lessons of nurturing life for geriatric patients

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 227, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 203-210

  Butler, James P ^a,b   Fujii, Masahiko ^c   Sasaki, Hidetada ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Sendai Tomizawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Balanced aging; Behavioral and psychological symptoms; Geriatrics; Limbic system; Single pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AMNESIA; ATTITUDE TO AGING; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; NURSING CARE; NURTURING BEHAVIOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; AGING; BEHAVIOR; BUDDHISM; CAREGIVERS; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84863874751     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.227.203     Document Type: Review

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