Packages of care for dementia in low- and middle-income countries.

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Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.

Published: November 2009

In the fifth in a series of six articles on packages of care for mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries, Martin Prince and colleagues discuss the treatment of dementia.

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