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Cognitive Rehabilitation for Patients With Dementia

Jeffrey Bevan, MD,
U.S. Naval Hospital, Naples, Italy
Jill Coster, DO,
Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
Jeanmarie B. Rey, MD,
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland

American Family Physician. 2024;110(1):25-26.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

This clinical content conforms to AAFP criteria for CME.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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These are summaries of reviews from the Cochrane Library.

This series is coordinated by Corey D. Fogleman, MD, assistant medical editor.

A collection of Cochrane for Clinicians published in AFP is available at https://www.aafp.org/afp/cochrane.

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