Knowledge, skills and attitudes of doctors towards assessing cognition in older patients in the emergency department

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 1049, 2013, Pages 137-141

  Kennelly, Sean P ^a   Morley, Deirdre ^a   Coughlan, Tara ^a   Collins, Ronan ^a   Rochford, Martin ^a   O'Neill, Desmond ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRAINING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84877580398     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2012-131226     Document Type: Article

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