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Emergency Care for Patients in Long-term Care Facilities: A Need for Better Communication

  1. Arthur B. Sanders MD*

Article first published online: 29 SEP 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1997.tb03807.x

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Academic Emergency Medicine

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volume 4, Issue 9, pages 854–855, September 1997

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Sanders, A. B. (1997), Emergency Care for Patients in Long-term Care Facilities: A Need for Better Communication. Academic Emergency Medicine, 4: 854–855. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1997.tb03807.x

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  1. at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, Section of Emergency Medicine.

*The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, College of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine, 1501 North Campbell, P.O. Box 245057, Tucson, AZ 85724–5057. Fax: 602–626–2480; e-mail: art@aemrc.arizona.edu

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  1. Issue published online: 29 SEP 2008
  2. Article first published online: 29 SEP 2008

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Keywords:

  • elders;
  • nursing home;
  • geriatrics;
  • emergency department;
  • continuity of care;
  • advance directives

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