Standards of medical care for nursing home residents in Europe

European Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 365-367

  Briggs, R ^a   Robinson, S ^a   Martin, F ^a   O'Neill, D ^a  

^a European Union   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aged; Care standards; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84869080510     PISSN: 18787649     EISSN: 18787657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2012.07.455     Document Type: Article

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