Meeting the challenges for gerontological nursing in Europe: The European Nursing Academy for Care of Older Persons (ENACO)

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 197-199

  Milisen, Koen ^a,d   De Geest, S ^b   Schuurmans, M ^c   Steeman, E ^d   Habets, H ^e   Defloor, T ^f   Schwendimann, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Education; Europe; Health care services; Nursing; Older people; Training

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CAREGIVER; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EUROPE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NURSE; NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 2442658023     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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