Dementia : a global approach /
"Growth in the incidence of dementia presents major challenges to global healthcare systems. As the burden of dementia in non-Western cultures grows, developing nations are expected to overtake developed nations in terms of dementia prevalence. Insights from developing nations and transcultural...
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| Other Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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Full text (Emmanuel users only) |
| Summary: | "Growth in the incidence of dementia presents major challenges to global healthcare systems. As the burden of dementia in non-Western cultures grows, developing nations are expected to overtake developed nations in terms of dementia prevalence. Insights from developing nations and transcultural considerations are, nevertheless, neglected in the published literature. Dementia: A Global Approach fills this gap by integrating contemporary cross-cultural knowledge about dementia. Each section reviews the literature from the published, predominantly Western, perspective, contrasting it with empirical knowledge from non-Western cultures. Covering major clinical, epidemiological and scientific areas of interest, detailed consideration is also given to care-giving models across the world and management of patients who have migrated between regions. Enriched with personal insights from clinical experts across the globe, this is a key text for neurologists, geriatricians, psychiatrists, psychologists, epidemiologists and all those responsible for managing provisions of dementia services"--Provided by publisher |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 202 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-181) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511909832 0511909837 0511907036 9780511907036 9780511780615 0511780613 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |