JAMDA
Volume 7, Issue 5 , Pages 271-278 , June 2006

A Clinical Pathway for Treating Pneumonia in the Nursing Home: Part I: The Nursing Perspective

  • Soo Chan Carusone, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Mark Loeb, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    • Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University
    • ,
  • Lynne Lohfeld, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    • Program for Educational Research and Development, McMaster University
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Lynne Lohfeld, PhD, McMaster University, Michael DeGroote Centre for Learning, Room 3521, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada.

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 This research study was funded as part of a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Interdisciplinary Health Research Team (IHRT) grant. S.C.C. is the recipient of a CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Award.

PII: S1525-8610(05)00642-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2005.11.004

JAMDA
Volume 7, Issue 5 , Pages 271-278 , June 2006

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