Hospital to home: Improving internal medicine residents' understanding of the needs of older persons after a hospital stay

Academic Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 793-797

  Matter, Colleen A ^a   Speice, Jenny A ^b   McCann, Robert ^b   Mendelson, Daniel Ari ^b   McCormick, Kevin ^b   Friedman, Susan ^b   Medina Walpole, Annette ^b   Clark, Nancy S ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b Behavioral Health ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AWARENESS; COMPREHENSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELDERLY CARE; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY MEDICINE; GERIATRICS; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; TRAINING;

EID: 0041525826     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200308000-00009     Document Type: Review

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