Medical care in old age: What do nurses in long-term care consider appropriate?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1322-1325

  Gillick, Muriel R ^a,b,d   Mendes, Marc L ^c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Research and Trading Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LIVING WILL; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; NURSING; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0029904750     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01402.x     Document Type: Article

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