Physicians' Attitudes Toward Guidelines for the Treatment of Hospitalized Nursing Home-Acquired Pneumonia

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 270-276

  El Solh, Ali A ^a,b,c   Alhajhusain, Ahmad ^a,b   Saliba, Ranime G ^b   Drinka, Paul ^d  

^a VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Compliance; Guidelines; Nursing home pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

EID: 79955133512     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2010.02.021     Document Type: Article

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