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Dear Editor,
Clearly outlined prospects for further research - I congratulate Dr Frank and colleagues for their concise article on disclosing a diagnosis of dementia in the July 2018 issue of the Canadian Family Physician (CFP) [1]. In this context, I would like to make two additions.
Recently, the British Psychological Society has also published practical suggestions including checklist about person-centered communicating a new dementia diagnosis, which could be interesting for CFP readers [2]. And secondly, I assume that the authors are also looking forward to the first systematic review of general practitioners' knowledge, attitudes and experiences of managing behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia, currently being prepared by the Irish research group around Jennings et al [3].
Due to the strongly interlinked processes of diagnosis and communication of diagnosis of dementia, more multicomponent approaches will certainly be necessary in the future to adequately take into account practices and attitudes of general practitioners [4, 5].Sincerely,
Dr. Martin Hofmeister, Consumer Centre of the German Federal State of Bavaria, Department Food and Nutrition, Germany
References
1. Frank CC, Lee L, Molnar F. Disclosing a diagnosis of dementia. Can Fam Physician 2018;64(7):518.
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2. Watts S, McCabe R, Guss R. Communicating a diagnosis of dementia. Leicester: British Psychological Society 2018. Available from:...Competing Interests: None declared.