Improving care for people with dementia in acute hospital: The role of person-centred assessment

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 86-94

  Webster, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a Infection Prevention and Control   (United Kingdom)

^b CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute hospital; Assessment; People with dementia; Person centred care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886944320     PISSN: 14717794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14717791111144696     Document Type: Review

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