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Improving dementia care through physician education: some challenges — (Special section: Educating physicians in the detection of Alzheimer's Disease and other dementias)
Author(s)	Linda Boise
Journal title	Clinical Gerontologist, vol 29, no 2, 2005
Pages	pp 3-10
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Dementia ; Medical care ; General practitioners ; Teaching hospitals ; In-service training ; United States of America.
Annotation	Most of the estimated 4.5 million Americans who currently suffer from Alzheimer's disease (AD) are cared for by primary care physicians rather than geriatric or other specialists. Although clinical practice guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations for diagnosing and managing dementia, a number of barriers prevent their implementation in the primary care setting. These barriers include the nature of dementing illness which makes its symptoms difficult to recognise and respond to; time and other constraints in the primary care setting; and physician attitudes. As well as presenting sound evidence-based knowledge, effective medical education programmes must use effective educational approaches and must seek strategies to overcome these barriers. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-070413201 A
Classmark	EA: LK: QT6: V6: QWD: 7T
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