The experiences of family members in the nursing home to hospital transfer decision

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-7

  Abrahamson, Kathleen ^a   Bernard, Brittany ^b,c   Magnabosco, Lara ^d   Nazir, Arif ^d   Unroe, Kathleen T ^b,c,d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^c REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FAMILY STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; NURSING HOME; PERCEPTION; RESIDENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; AGED; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ETHICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84999085047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-016-0359-2     Document Type: Article

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