Quality of care in frail older people: The balance between receiving and giving

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7806, 2011, Pages 342-343

  Vernooij Dassen, Myrra ^a   Leatherman, Sheila ^b,c   Rikkert, Marcel Olde ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CARE; AGED; ELDERLY CARE; FRAIL ELDERLY; STANDARD;

AGED; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79955967918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d403     Document Type: Article

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