Decreasing physical aggression and verbal abuse in a brain-injured nursing home resident

Clinical Case Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 301-312

  Woodhead, Erin L ^a   Edelstein, Barry A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior modification; Long term care; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

FLUTICASONE; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROCODONE; LANSOPRAZOLE; LISINOPRIL; LORATADINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PARACETAMOL; PRAMIPEXOLE; SERTRALINE; VALPROIC ACID;

AGGRESSION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING HOME; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

EID: 46149088239     PISSN: 15346501     EISSN: 15523802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534650107309834     Document Type: Article

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