Dutch elderly care physician: A new generation of nursing home physician specialists

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1807-1809

  Koopmans, Raymond T C M ^a   Lavrijsen, Jan C M ^a   Hoek, J Frank ^b   Went, Paul B M ^c   Schols, Jos M G A ^d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; AGED; EDUCATION; GERIATRICS; MANPOWER; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 77956307214     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03043.x     Document Type: Letter

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