Applying frail-elderly care principles

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-24

  Katsikas, James L ^b,c   Nelson, Frances V ^b,c   Bacchus, Shaffeeulah ^b,c   Nissenson, Allen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DAVITA INC   (United States)

^c DaVita Village Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; ELDERLY CARE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED STATES;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FRAIL ELDERLY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); UNITED STATES;

EID: 60349108257     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: 1525139X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2008.00513.x     Document Type: Article

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