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Disclosing a diagnosis of dementia

Helping learners to break bad news

Linda Lee and W. Wayne Weston
Canadian Family Physician July 2011, 57 (7) 851-852;
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vol. 57 no. 7 851-852
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21753111

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0008-350X
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1715-5258
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  • Published online July 13, 2011.

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  1. Linda Lee, MD MClSc CCFP FCFP
  1. Family physician practising in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont; Director of the Centre for Family Medicine Memory Clinic; and Assistant Professor in the departments of family medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont, The University of Western Ontario in London, Ont, and Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont
  1. W. Wayne Weston, MD CCFP FCFP
  1. Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario and Chair of the Canadian Operating Committee at the Institute for Healthcare Communication

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