Patients' and carers' views on communication and information provision when undergoing assessments in memory services

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 167-173

  Abley, Clare ^a,b   Manthorpe, Jill ^c   Bond, John ^b   Keady, John ^d   Samsi, Kritika ^c   Campbell, Sarah ^d   Watts, Sue ^e   Robinson, Louise ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Information; Memory clinics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION; MEMORY CLINICS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84890142995     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1355819613479945     Document Type: Article

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