Guidance statement on appropriate medical services for the elderly

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 518-525

  Ishii, Shinya ^a   Kojima, Taro ^a   Yamaguchi, Kiyoshi ^a   Akishita, Masahiro ^a   Arai, Hidenori ^b   Arai, Hiroyuki ^c   Eto, Masato ^a   Endo, Hidetoshi ^d   Toba, Kenji ^d   Kikawada, Noriya ^e   Ezawa, Kazuhiko ^e   Kuzuya, Masafumi ^f   Kozaki, Koichi ^g   Takahashi, Ryutaro ^h   Takegawa, Shogo ⁱ   Takehisa, Yozo ^j   Ikehata, Yukihiko ^j   Mihara, Ban ^j   Horie, Shigeo ^k   Morita, Akira ^l   Mikami, Hiroshi ^m   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^e Japan Association of Geriatric Health Services Facilities   (Japan)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^j Japan Association of Medical and Care Facilities   (Japan)

^k TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^l Faculty of Law Gakushin University   (Japan)

^m World Medical Association   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SERVICE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84904888778     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12310     Document Type: Article

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