Why is competence assessment important? Development of the EDCON consensus statement

Competence Assessment in Dementia

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-9

  Maeck, Lienhard ^a   Stoppe, Gabriela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84887021650     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-72369-2_1     Document Type: Editorial

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