[General practitioners and neurodegenerative diseases]

Pascal Couturier; Mélanie Rousseau

doi:10.1016/j.revinf.2016.11.004

[General practitioners and neurodegenerative diseases]

Rev Infirm. 2017 Jan;66(227):18-19. doi: 10.1016/j.revinf.2016.11.004.

[Article in French]

Authors

Pascal Couturier¹, Mélanie Rousseau²

Affiliations

¹ Unité de médecine aiguë gériatrique et évaluation, centre hospitalier universitaire Grenoble Alpes, avenue Maquis du Grésivaudan, 38700 La Tronche, France. Electronic address: PCouturier@chu-grenoble.fr.
² Hôpital de jour gériatrie et consultations gériatriques, centre hospitalier universitaire Grenoble Alpes, avenue Maquis du Grésivaudan, 38700 La Tronche, France.

PMID: 28048984
DOI: 10.1016/j.revinf.2016.11.004

Abstract

Cognitive disorders with memory loss are common among the patients of general practitioners. In collaboration with an outpatient diagnosis service and referral memory consultations, they are involved in the diagnosis, the implementation and the follow-up of suitable care for the patient and their family.

Keywords: care; consultation mémoire; coordination; general practitioner; memory consultation; médecin généraliste; patient; soin.

MeSH terms

Ambulatory Care
Caregivers / organization & administration
Continuity of Patient Care / organization & administration
General Practitioners / organization & administration*
Humans
Neurodegenerative Diseases / diagnosis
Neurodegenerative Diseases / nursing
Neurodegenerative Diseases / therapy*
Practice Patterns, Physicians'* / organization & administration
Practice Patterns, Physicians'* / statistics & numerical data
Referral and Consultation