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Medical Care of the Nursing Home Resident
Richard W. Besdine
Laurence Z. Rubenstein
Lois Snyder
其他書名
What Physicians Need to Know
出版
American College of Physicians
, 1996
主題
Medical / Geriatrics
Medical / Health Care Delivery
Medical / Internal Medicine
Medical / Nursing / General
Medical / Nursing Home Care
ISBN
0943126487
9780943126487
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=E09sAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
As the population ages, physicians will increasingly care for elderly and other persons residing in nursing homes and other life-care facilities. More than 1.5 million Americans live in nursing homes; their number may triple in the next generation. Good and caring physicians have been hesitant about delivering care in nursing homes or have been reluctant to visit them at all. The reasons range from inconvenience to lack of information about or comfort dealing with the common clinical problems encountered. Specialist geriatricians are not the answer to the growing need for care of frail older patients; generalist physicians are now expected and will continue to be expected to provide primary care to adults of all ages, including those residing in nursing homes. Medical Care of the Nursing Home Resident: What Physicians Need to Know is a project of the Task Force on Aging of the Health and Public Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians. The Task Force reviews the knowledge base in nursing home care and develops recommendations directed primarily toward the nongeriatrician.