Increasing liability risks among nursing homes: Therapeutic consequences, costs, and alternatives

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-99

  Kapp, Marshall B ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSING HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033986508     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb03037.x     Document Type: Editorial

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