Background The paradigm shift towards earlier Alzheimer's disease (AD) stages and
personalized medicine creates new challenges for clinician-patient communication. We …

Background Information given to patients and caregivers during the clinician-patient
encounter varies considerably between memory clinic professionals. Patients and …

Introduction We aimed to describe clinician‐patient communication in the diagnostic process
of memory clinics, specifically clinician behavior known to facilitate knowledgeable …

Background We studied to what degree and at whose initiative 25 informational topics,
formerly identified as important, are discussed in diagnostic consultations. Methods Audio …

OBJECTIVE: The prevailing opinion in the literature that disclosing the diagnosis of
dementia to patients is important is not always put into practice. The purpose of this study …

Objectives Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is associated with an increased risk of further
cognitive decline, partly depending on demographics and biomarker status. The aim of the …

Background We aimed to explore clinicians' communication, including the discussion of
diagnosis, cause, prognosis and care planning, in routine post-diagnostic testing …

Recent drives to facilitate earlier identification of dementia have led to increased memory
clinic referrals and diagnoses. This study explored the perspectives of memory clinic doctors …

Objectives To explore patients' and carers' views on what constitutes high-quality
communication and information provision during diagnostic assessment in memory clinic …

Previously, AD was diagnosed only at the late dementia stage. 1 Dementia was defined as a
syndrome of progressive decline from a prior level of functioning, in memory and in one or …