Improving the hospital care of nursing facility residents

Annals of Long-Term Care

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 42-49

  Malone, Michael L ^a   Danto Nocton, Ellen S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b AURORA SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COOPERATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEIZURE; TEAMWORK;

EID: 2942564266     PISSN: 15247929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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