Doing the Right Thing? General Practitioners' Considerations in Achieving a Timely Dementia Diagnosis
This study revealed that important ethical dilemmas regarding patient autonomy and the principle of doing no harm lie behind practical GP barriers to initiating diagnostic testing for dementia. Time, trust, and interprofessional collaboration were found to facilitate GPs in determining the right decision and timing with each individual patient and their relatives. Future research could explore the value of diagnostic decision aids that explicitly involve patients and their relatives in this balancing act.
Authors
- Hester J. van der Zaag–Loonen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4476-8797)
- Barbara C. Van Munster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6056-7795)
- Liesbeth Hempenius
- Marieke Perry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0675-9678)
- Marlise E. A. van Eersel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0910-8590)
- F. C. Visser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8517-3610)
Institutions
- University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden (NL)
- Radboud University Medical Center (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.6142
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 33.74
Funders
- Health~Holland
- ZonMw
- Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen