Clinical care of persons with dementia in the emergency department: A review of the literature and agenda for research

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1742-1748

  Clevenger, Carolyn K ^a,b   Chu, Thasha A ^a   Yang, Zhou ^c   Hepburn, Kenneth W ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; dementia; emergency care; emergency nursing

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGED; DEMENTIA; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84866419808     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04108.x     Document Type: Review

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