The Dutch Move Beyond the Concept of Nursing Home Physician Specialists

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 746-749

  Koopmans, Raymond T C M ^a,b   Pellegrom, Mariëtte ^a   van der Geer, Eric R ^a,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Verpleeghuis Joachim en Anna   (Netherlands)

^c Central Board for Elderly Care Medicine Specialty Training in the Netherlands (SOON)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; PEER GROUP; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; WORK; AGED; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SPECIALIZATION;

AGED; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 85021300304     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2017.05.013     Document Type: Editorial

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