Nutrition and Involuntary Weight Loss: A Pilot Study of an Educational Intervention for Nursing Home Surveyors

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 110-114

  Chang, Joan C ^a   Finucane, Thomas E ^a   Christmas, Colleen ^a   Vaughan, William ^c   Schwartz, Jack ^d   Leff, Bruce ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c State of Maryland   (United States)

^d Maryland Attorney General's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

involuntary weight loss; Nursing home; nutrition; surveyors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSING HOME; PILOT STUDY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBE FEEDING; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33846652836     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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