The physician's role in patients' nursing home care: "She's a very courageous and lovely woman. I enjoy caring for her"

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1468-1478

  Zweig, Steven C ^a,b   Popejoy, Lori L ^b   Parker Oliver, Debra ^a   Meadows, Susan E ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; MALE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING;

AGED; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RISK FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 80053556134     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1420     Document Type: Review

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