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Attitudes and preferences towards screening for dementia: a systematic review

Abstract

BackgroundPopulation screening might provide a mechanism to enable early detection of dementia. Yet the potential benefits, harms, or acceptability of such a large-scale intervention are not well understood. We conducted a systematic review of the international scientific literature to examine the attitudes and preferences of the general public, health-care professionals, people with dementia, and their carers towards population screening for …

Authors

Martin S; Kelly S; Cullum S; Dening T; Rait G; Fox C; Katona C; Brayne C; Lafortune L

Volume

384

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

11 2014

DOI

10.1016/s0140-6736(14)62175-9

Conference proceedings

The Lancet

ISSN

0140-6736