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| Family physicians' perceptions and predictors regarding the competence of a person with Alzheimer's disease | | Author(s) | Perla Werner |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 22, no 4, April 2007 |
| Pages | pp 320-326 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Competence ; Attitude ; General practitioners ; Social surveys ; Israel. |
| Annotation | Telephone interviews were conducted with a representative sample of 395 Israeli family physicians, using an experimental vignette methodology varying the severity of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Participants were requested to rate the competence of the person described in the vignette in the areas of driving, health decision-making, financial decisions, and the performance of instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). Results showed that family physicians perceived the person described to be highly incompetent in items involving safety issues. Only a small variety of factors were associated with these perceptions: the severity of the disease as reflected in the vignette; participants' perceptions regarding the dangerousness and responsibility of the person with AD; and the percentage of patients aged 65+ with cognitive deterioration in the physician's practice. The assessment of competence of people with AD is a subtle and complex process; and future research is needed to further explore factors such as stigmatic views. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070627214 A |
| Classmark | EA: DPB: DP: QT6: 3F: 7H6 |
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