Nursing Homes as a Clinical Site for Training Geriatric Health Care Professionals

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 196-203

  Mezey, Mathy ^a   Mitty, Ethel ^a   Burger, Sarah G ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

competencies; Geriatric specialist; nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTISTRY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; GERIATRIC CARE; GERONTOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING HOME; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT RIGHT; PHARMACY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SKILL; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 60249096686     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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