title: Alzheimer's disease: does it exist?
abstract: In posing the question that forms the title of this article, the author seeks not to provide a definitive answer, but to raise the issue in nursing literature. Through this, he suggests, nurses will become aware of the controversy that surrounds the diagnosis, or even existence, of Alzheimer's disease. His objective is to bring the nursing profession more fully into the arena where decisions are made about the future of research into the disease and appropriate strategies for the care of elderly people with dementia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000254:growth & development; D006801:Humans; D012016:Reference Values; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed