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Cognitive Screening Instruments: A Practical Approach 2014th Edition
Author(s): Andrew Larner
- Publisher: Springer
- Publication Date: 27 July 2012
- Edition: 2014th
- Language: English
- Print length: 260 pages
- ISBN-10: 1447124510
- ISBN-13: 9781447124511
Book Description
This illustrated overview of common cognitive screening instruments includes instructions on use, strengths and weaknesses, time required for administration and scoring rules, such as how to correct for variations in the patient’s age or education and more.
Editorial Reviews
Review
From the reviews: “This overview of select cognitive screening instruments presents the information in a user-friendly fashion to enable application in clinical practice. … Providers at all levels of training … and in various settings who have a need to assess the cognitive concerns of patients in a time-efficient manner will likely find this work useful. Primary care providers, neurologists, and psychiatrists and psychologists … may benefit from this information. … useful for someone hoping to learn about certain measures and wanting to integrate available tools in practice.” (Kathryn M. Mirra, Doody’s Book Reviews, May, 2013)
About the Author
AJ Larner is a consultant neurologist at the Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK.
