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Telling “the truth” in dementia—Do attitude and approach of general practitioners and specialists differ?

✍ Scribed by Hanna Kaduszkiewicz; Cadja Bachmann; Hendrik van den Bussche

Book ID: 108236287
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 138 KB
Volume: 70
Category: Article
ISSN: 0738-3991
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.10.010

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