Agreement on diagnosis among patients, companions, and professionals after a dementia evaluation

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 232-237

  Zaleta, Alexandra K ^a   Carpenter, Brian D ^a   Porensky, Emily K ^a   Xiong, Chengjie ^b   Morris, John C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; dementia; diagnostic disclosure; doctor patient communication; patient education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONSENSUS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84865759335     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e3182351c04     Document Type: Article

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