'Timely' diagnosis of dementia: What does it mean? A narrative analysis of GPs' accounts

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Dhedhi, Saadia Aziz ^a   Swinglehurst, Deborah ^a   Russell, Jill ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CONSULTATION; CONVERSATION; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NARRATIVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84897543769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004439     Document Type: Article

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