A Systematic-and Realistic-Approach to Functional Assessment of Elderly Persons

Consultant

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-49

  Murphy, Dale P ^a,b   Cleveland, Maryjo ^a,c  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AKRON CITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ELDERLY CARE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEMORY DISORDER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 2342575564     PISSN: 00107069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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