Identifying research priorities in long term care homes

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 84.e1-84.e4

  Brazil, Kevin ^a   Maitland, Janine ^b   Ploeg, Jenny ^c   Denton, Margaret ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b St Joseph Health Centre   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Decision makers; Long term care homes; Quality care practices; Quality of life; Research priorities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; RESEARCH PRIORITY; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 84855192619     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2011.04.018     Document Type: Article

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