Pneumonia care and the nursing home: A qualitative descriptive study of resident and family member perspectives

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Soo, Chan Carusone ^a   Loeb, Mark ^a   Lohfeld, Lynne ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644540756     PISSN: 14712318     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-6-2     Document Type: Article

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