Screening for dementia - Is it a no brainer?

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1076-1080

  Fox, C ^a   Lafortune, L ^b   Boustani, M ^c,d   Dening, T ^e   Rait, G ^f   Brayne, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AGING; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MASS SCREENING; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS;

EID: 84886720705     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijcp.12239     Document Type: Review

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