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International Journal of Psychology & Behavior Analysis Volume 7 (2021), Article ID 7:IJPBA-181, 4 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-3867/2021/181
Expert Opinion
Misconceptions Regarding Dementia: What it is, What Can be Done and What Should be Done

Robert J. Brent

Department of Economics, Fordham University, Bronx, New York, USA
Prof. Robert J. Brent, Department of Economics, Fordham University, Bronx, New York, USA; E-mail: brent@fordham.edu
13 November 2021; 14 December 2021; 16 December 2021
Brent RJ (2021) Misconceptions Regarding Dementia: What it is, What Can be Done and What Should be Done. Int J Psychol Behav Anal 7: 181. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-3867/2021/181
© 2021 Brent. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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