Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 73-75 , June 2010

Psychiatric admission in dementia care—Cultural and social factors may determine outcome

  • Kuruvilla George

      Affiliations

    • Aged Persons Mental Health, Eastern Health, Victoria, Australia
    • Deakin University, Australia
    • Monash University, Australia
    • University of Notre Dame, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Peter James Centre, Eastern Health, Aged Persons Mental Health, Mahoney's Road, Forest Hill, VIC 3131, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 9881 1749; fax: +61 3 9802 3674.

Received 13 January 2009 ,Revised 21 April 2009 ,Accepted 7 March 2010.

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PII: S1876-2018(10)00011-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2010.03.001

Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 73-75 , June 2010

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