Role expectations in dementia care among family physicians and specialists

Canadian Geriatrics Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 95-102

  Hum, Susan ^a   Cohen, Carole ^b   Persaud, Malini ^c   Lee, Joyce ^b   Drummond, Neil ^d   Dalziel, William ^e   Pimlott, Nicholas ^a  

^a WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Dementia; Diagnosis; Management; Physicians

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984701035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19258348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5770/cgj.17.110     Document Type: Article

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