Screening for dementia: Fluidity and the Mini Mental State Examination in India

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Screening for dementia: Fluidity and the Mini Mental State Examination in India

The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) is a popular screening instrument for dementia. Drawing on ethnographic data from India, three vignettes are presented to examine how the MMSE is operationalised by interviewers and respondents. Using the concept of 'fluidity' from Science and Techn...

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Main Author:	Brijnath, Bianca
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	2011
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28967

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