A preliminary study of aged care facility staff indicates limitations in awareness of the link between depression and physical morbidity

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Atkins, Joanna ^a   Naismith, Sharon L ^a   Luscombe, Georgina M ^b   Hickie, Ian B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Physical illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875907003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-30     Document Type: Article

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