Use of the MMSE to screen for dementia in Delhi

Screening tools are created and administered within specific political, cultural and clinical contexts that problematize their supposed universality. This paper, drawing on interviews and participant observation undertaken in 2008 in New Delhi in India, examines how clinical environments influence t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brijnath, Bianca
Format: Journal Article
Published: S. Karger AG 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37136