Resident smoking in long-term care facilities - Policies and ethics

Public Health Reports

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 66-70

  Kochersberger, Gary ^c,d,e   Clipp, Elizabeth C ^a,b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; SMOKING HABIT;

ADMINISTRATORS; AUTONOMY; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES; INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATERNALISM; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT RIGHTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 0030068771     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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