Appropriate disclosure of a diagnosis of dementia: identifying the key behaviours of 'best practice'

Jan Lecouturier¹ , Claire Bamford² , Julian C Hughes³ , Jillian J Francis⁴ , Robbie Foy² , Marie Johnston⁵ and Martin P Eccles²

¹Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, The Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

²Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, 21 Claremont Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

³Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and the Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

⁴Health Services Research Unit, Health Sciences Building, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK

⁵School of Psychology, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, William Guild Building, University of Aberdeen, UK