Caregivers in China: Knowledge of Mild Cognitive Impairment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Dai, Baozhen ^a   Mao, Zongfu ^b   Mei, John ^c   Levkoff, Sue ^d   Wang, Huali ^e   Pacheco, Misty ^f   Wu, Bei ^g  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AGING; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STIGMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CAREGIVERS; CHINA; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84872228651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053928     Document Type: Article

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