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| Dementia | | Author(s) | Alistair Burns, Steve Iliffe |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 338, no 7691, 14 February 2009 |
| Pages | pp 405-409 |
| Source | www.bmj.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | In the first of two articles, the authors review the clinical and service implications of dementia syndrome. They searched Medline and Pubmed from 2006 to September 2008, previous work having been summarised in "Dementia: supporting people with dementia and their carers in health and social care", joint dementia guidelines published by the. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) in 2006. They searched the Cochrane database (2008 version) for randomised controlled trials for drug treatment and psychosocial interventions. They used their own knowledge of the literature to select authoritative reviews to supplement these sources. Their article refers to recommendations in the Dementia UK report; outlines how clinicians can recognise dementia and distinguish it from depression; considers the information needs of people with dementia and their families; and suggests further educational resources to help the non-specialist. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-090406208 A |
| Classmark | EA: 64A * |
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