Medical staff's decision-making process in the nursing home

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-278

  Cohen Mansfield, Jiska ^a,b   Lipson, Steven ^a  

^a Hebrew Home of Greater Washington   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENT;

EID: 0037340106     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/58.3.m271     Document Type: Article

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