One patient, many places: Managing health care transitions, part II - Practitioner skills and patient and caregiver preparation

Annals of Long-Term Care

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 34-39

  Coleman, Eric A ^a   Fox, Peter D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b PDF LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; SKILL;

EID: 6344282816     PISSN: 15247929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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