To hospitalize or not to hospitalize? That is the question: An analysis of decision making in the nursing home

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 64-70

  Cohen Mansfield, Jiska ^a   Lipson, Steven ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Hebrew Home of Greater Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Dementia; Hospitalization; Medical decision making; Nursing home residents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL PATIENT; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING HOME PATIENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33746648681     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/BMED.32.2.64-70     Document Type: Article

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