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DEMENTIA CARE
Author(s) -
Bianchetti Angelo,
Trabucchi Marco
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01394.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dementia , government (linguistics) , nursing care , lira , gerontology , quality of life (healthcare) , health care , disease , family medicine , nursing , economic growth , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , exchange rate , economics , macroeconomics
To continue in the technical vein, prescribing decisions can be conceptualized in terms used to describe computingInput, Process, and Output. Better information about medications may improve output, but I suspect that much in the way of poor prescribing is a failure to correctly process input signals. This is where the expression "garbage in, garbage out" comes from. For example, Kozak describes an older patient with depression. My sense is that, for most of us, the input and process (e.g., the ability to observe, listen, and recognize depression) is more difficultthan the output (e.g, choosing the best antidepressant). Deficiencies in diagnostic acumen in regard to older people cannot be corrected with pocket devices.