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Dementia Screening in Primary Care: Not Too Fast!

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Screening is predicated on the assumption that early detection and subsequent treatment will improve the clinical course for individuals without symptoms. Conversely, when an individual presents with complaints of memory problems, the physician engages in case-finding.?1?Screening for some conditions in some populations has resulted in improvements in individual and societal burdens of diseases (e.g., colon and breast cancer), but screening can also cause individual and societal harm?

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Date of Publication:
30 November -0001

@article{sensecare:437,
  • author = {Malaz Boustani},
  • title = {Dementia Screening in Primary Care: Not Too Fast!},
  • year = {-0001},
  • date = {November 30, -0001},
}
Malaz Boustani -0001 Dementia Screening in Primary Care: Not Too Fast! November 30, -0001
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