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Dementia.
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1 online resource (viii, 202 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
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computer c |
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online resource cr |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
Contents |
Preface -- 1. The aging brain and mind: cultural and anthropological perspectives / Kua Ee Heok -- 2. Mild cognitive impairment: current concepts and cross cultural issues / Seethalakshmi Ramanathan and Ennapadam S. Krishnamoorthy -- 3. Alzheimer's Disease: the African American story / Hugh Hendrie -- 4. Vascular cognitive impairment: 4A. The syndrome of vascular cognitive impairment: current concepts / J.V. Bowler -- 4B. Debate: is vascular dementia more common in some parts of the world? / Yes Suvarna Alladi -- No R. Stewart -- 5. Cross cultural issues of global significance: 5A. Infections and dementia -- the view from a developing nation / P. Satishchandra and Vijayan Joy -- 5B. Nutrition and dementia -- where is the nexus? / Alan D. Dangour and Ricardo Uauy -- 6. Assessment: 6A. The experience of assessing cognition across cultures / Kathleen S. Hall -- 6B. Assessing behavior in dementia across cultures / Vorapun Senanarong and Jeffrey L. Cummings -- 7. Psychosocial factors: 7A. Quality of life in dementia: global perspective and transcultural issues / Caroline Selai, Demetris Pillas and Annabel Dodds -- 7B. Caregiving for dementia: global perspectives and transcultural issues / T. Alphons, E.S. Krishnamoorthy and K. Gomez -- 7C. Care arrangements for patients with dementia: China / Helen Chiu, Joshua Tsoh and Xin Yu -- 8. Service delivery and management: 8A. Dementia services: developing rural and remote services / Sadanand Rajkumar and Julia Lane -- 8B. Non-pharmacological approachs: patient centred approaches / S. Kalyanasundaram -- 9. The clinical approach to the person with dementia: 9A. Perú (South America) / Mariella Guerra -- 9B. Nigeria / Richard Uwakwe -- 9C. Australia / David Ames and Eleanor Flynn -- 9D. The United States of America/ Jeffrey L. Cummings -- 9E. Japan / Akira Homma -- 9F. China / Joshua Tsoh, Helen Chiu and Xin Yu -- 10. Raising global awareness: the role of non-governmental organisations: 10A. The role of NGOs in raising awareness: Alzheimer's Disease International / Marc Wortmann -- 10B. Perspectives from a developing nation / Jacob Roy Kuriakose -- 11. The contribution of cross-cultural research to dementia care and policy -- an overview, focusing on the work of the 10/66 Dementia Research Group / Martin J. Prince -- Index. |
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Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU |
Alt author |
Krishnamoorthy, Ennapadam S., 1966- editor.
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Prince, Martin (Martin James), 1960- editor.
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Cummings, Jeffrey L., 1948- editor.
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ISBN |
9780511780615 (ebook) |
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9780521857765 (hardback) |
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