JAMDA
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 135-140 , March 2006

Do Residents Want Automated External Defibrillators in Their Retirement Home?

  • Douglas C. Woolley, MD, MPH, CMD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, Kansas University School of Medicine, Wichita, KS
    • Dr Woolley was supported with an Advanced Research Training Grant from the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Douglas C. Woolley, MD, MPH, CMD, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Kansas University School of Medicine, Wichita, 1010 N Kansas Street, Wichita, KS 67214-3199
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  • Louis J. Medvene, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
    • ,
  • Rick D. Kellerman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, Kansas University School of Medicine, Wichita, KS
    • ,
  • Michelle Base, MA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
    • ,
  • Victoria Mosack, MSN, RN, ARNP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS

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doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2005.08.004

JAMDA
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 135-140 , March 2006

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