Time for change: Persons with dementia and "behavioral expressions," not "behavior symptoms"

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 768-769

  Caspi, Eilon ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AGITATION; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICALIZATION; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAMPLE SIZE;

AGED; BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84884586404     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.05.019     Document Type: Letter

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