The physician's role in nursing homes: The Dutch solution

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1406-

  Koopmans, Raymond T C M ^a   Lavrijsen, Jan C M ^a   Zuidema, Sytse U ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; LIVING WILL; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; INCOME; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955458317     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.278     Document Type: Letter

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