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The difficulty in diagnosing dementia | Author(s) | C H Wakes Miller |
Journal title | Geriatric Medicine, vol 28, no 1, January 1998 |
Pages | pp 44-46 |
Keywords | Dementia ; Diagnosis ; Family care ; General practitioners. |
Annotation | The author explains why dementia is a difficult condition to diagnose. The experience in his general practice is to widen the dementia patient's treatment plan to include support for the carer in form of 'drop in centres', a pool of volunteers to give carers time off, and home visits. |
Accession Number | CPA-980226002 A |
Classmark | EA: LK7: P6:SJ: QT6 |
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