The annual health review for residents of long-term care facilities: A suggested template

Geriatrics Today: Journal of the Canadian Geriatrics Society

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 73-80

  Moser, Andrea ^a,b   Ritonja, Laura ^a   Harley, Anne ^a   Soucie, Pierre ^a   Graham, Lyla ^a   Dalziel, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CT Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annual review; Elderly; Institutionalized; Long term care

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANADA; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LAW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STAFF TRAINING;

EID: 0038690594     PISSN: 14963892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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