The effect of printed educational material from the coroner in Victoria, Australia, on changing aged care health professional practice: A subscriber survey

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 585-591

  Ibrahim, Joseph E ^a   Ehsani, Jonathon P ^b   McInnes, Judith A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Coroner; Education; Electronic communication; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PRINTED EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLICATION; READING; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; TEACHING MATERIALS; VICTORIA;

EID: 77949374898     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02742.x     Document Type: Article

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