Objective. To examine the reasons why patients are admitted to acute dementia care assessment beds in one large district health authority (Leicestershire). Design. A prospective questionnaire was completed by the RMO for every admission to dementia care assessment beds over a 6-month survey period.
Old age psychiatry short course update on dementia and functional disorders in old age
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 44 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
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