Reflections of medical students regarding the care of geriatric patients in the continuing care retirement community

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 506-510

  Hsieh, Christine ^a   Arenson, Christine A ^a   Eanes, Kevin ^b   Sifri, Randa D ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Caring for the elderly; Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC); Geriatric education; Long term care; Medical student education

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DYING; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETIREMENT; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 77956264436     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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