## Objective: To investigate general practitioners' (gps) attitudes and practices in relation to screening, diagnosing, and disclosing a dementia diagnosis to patients. ## Design: National postal survey. ## Participants: A random sample of 600 gps from a national database of 2,400. ## Results:
Optimizing the care of patients with depression in primary care: the views of general practitioners
โ Scribed by Sasha Railton; Harriet Mowat; John Bain
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 316 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0966-0410
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