## Abstract ## Objective To develop a guideline for the primary care management of depression in later life based on best practice. ## Method Source material included relevant guidelines, literature reviews and consensus documents coupled with an updated literature review covering 1998βOctober,
Late-life depression in primary care
β Scribed by Deborah A. Banazak
- Book ID
- 112791348
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 493 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0884-8734
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