Commentary: It's time to talk about SUDEP

Epilepsia

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1501-1503

  Donner, Elizabeth ^a   Buchhalter, Jeffrey ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Mortality; Patient education; SUDEP

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; NEUROLOGIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETIOLOGY; MORTALITY;

DEATH, SUDDEN; EPILEPSY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 84911481420     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12794     Document Type: Review

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