The legislative and political contexts surrounding dementia care in India

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The legislative and political contexts surrounding dementia care in India

Currently there is no specific policy on dementia care in India. Rather, the responsibility for care for people with dementia is not clearly articulated and formal care services straddle mental health and aged care. The result is that much care is placed upon individual families. This paper critical...

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Main Author:	Brijnath, Bianca
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Cambridge University Press 2008
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28278

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