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Organic mental impairment in the elderly
 — implications for research, education and the provision of services; a report of the Royal College of Physicians
Author(s)A N Exton-Smith
Corporate AuthorCollege Committee on Geriatrics, Royal College of Physicians
Journal titleReprinted from Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London, vol 15, no 3, July 1981
PublisherRoyal College of Physicians, London, July 1981
Pages29 pp
KeywordsDementia ; Reports.
AnnotationA report which includes in its definition of dementia "the global impairment of higher cortical function including memory". At the time of the report, diagnostic separation or unity of senile and Alzheimer's disease "has not yet been resolved", and is referred to as Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer Type (SDAT). (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-930719097 B
ClassmarkEA: 6K

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