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Steps to better understanding resistant behaviours in hospitalised patients with dementia

BMJ 2019; 366 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l4912 (Published 23 August 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;366:l4912

Editorial

NIHR’s research signals in The BMJ
  1. Rob Cook, clinical director1,
  2. Tara Lamont, director2,
  3. Rosie Martin, clinical specialist1
  4. on behalf of NIHR Dissemination Centre
  1. 1Bazian, Economist Intelligence Unit Healthcare, London, UK
  2. 2Wessex Institute, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  1. Correspondence to R Cook rob.cook{at}bazian.com

The study

Featherstone K, Northcott A, Harden J, et al. Refusal and resistance to care by people living with dementia being cared for within acute hospital wards: an ethnographic study. Health Serv Deliv Res 2019;7.

This study was funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Services and Delivery Research Programme (project number 13/10/80).

To read the full NIHR Signal, go to https://discover.dc.nihr.ac.uk/content/signal-000779/understanding-dementia-care-in-hospitals

Footnotes

  • Contributors: Hannah Spring

  • All authors contributed to the development and review of this summary, as part of the wider NIHR Signals editorial team. RC is guarantor.

  • Disclaimer NIHR Signals are owned by the Department of Health and Social Care and are made available to the BMJ under licence. NIHR Signals report and comment on health and social care research but do not offer any endorsement of the research. The NIHR assumes no responsibility or liability arising from any error or omission or from the use of any information contained in NIHR Signals.

  • Permission to reuse these articles should be directed to disseminationcentre@nihr.ac.uk.

  • Competing interestsThe BMJ has judged that there are no disqualifying financial ties to commercial companies. The authors declare the following other interests: none

  • Further details of The BMJ policy on financial interests is here: https://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/resources-authors/forms-policies-and-checklists/declaration-competing-interests

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