JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 9 , Pages 575-581 , November 2007

The Maryland Patient Plan of Care Form: Perceptions of Physicians and Social Workers

  • Rene P. Laje, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, Research Institute on Aging, Rockville, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Rene P. Laje, PhD, Research Institute on Aging, 6121 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852.
    • ,
  • Gary B. Wilks, MD

      Affiliations

    • Evercare Hospice and Palliative Care, Columbia, MD
    • ,
  • Marcia Marx, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, Research Institute on Aging, Rockville, MD
    • ,
  • Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, Research Institute on Aging, Rockville, MD
    • Tel-Aviv University, Israel, and George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC.

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 This study was funded by a private contribution from Lois Smith, in memory of her husband Harry Smith.

PII: S1525-8610(07)00322-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.06.011

JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 9 , Pages 575-581 , November 2007

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