Ageing and dementia : a methodological approach
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Ageing and dementia : a methodological approach
(Research studies in gerontology / Age Concern Institute of Gerontology)
Edward Arnold, 1993
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
Examines the methods of studying dementia, both as a disease process in its own right and as a component of normal ageing. Dementia has become highly prominent in clinical medicine and research as the size of the ageing population has expanded in recent years.
Table of Contents
- Ageing and dementia - a nosological and neuropathological perspective, C.Q. Mountjoy
- biological aspects of ageing, A. Hipkiss
- the epidemiology of senile dementia, J. Lindsay
- longitudinal changes in cognitive function, A. Little and A. Burns
- computerized assessment of cognitive function in ageing and dementia, A. Owen
- neuro-imaging, M. de Leon
- survival studies, G. Lewis and A. Burns
- neurological signs in ageing and dementia, E. Franssen
- neuropathology and neurochemistry of ageing and dementia, P. Luthert
- the effect of drugs on memory, M. Kopelman
- assessment of non-cognitive phenomena in dementia, T. Hope and V. Patel
- services to people with dementia and their carers, E. Levin and J. Moriarty
- carers in dementia, R. Morris and L. Morris
- medical morbidity in dementia, H. Frost and W. Hewer.
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