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A Systemwide Formula for Continence Care: Overcoming Barriers, Clarifying Solutions, and Defining Team Members’ Roles

  • Francis Etheridge, MSc. cand.

      Affiliations

    • Centre de recherche, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
    • Research Centre on Aging, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada.
    • Francis Etheridge was the recipient of the Leopold-Renaud summer student bursary granted by the University of Montreal.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Francis Etheridge, MSc. cand., Research Centre on Aging, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Sherbrooke, 855 rue LaRocque, Sherbrooke, QC J1H4R2.
    • ,
  • Cara Tannenbaum, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Centre de recherche, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
    • Dr. Cara Tannenbaum is the recipient of a junior career award from the Fondation de Recherche en Santé du Québec (FRSQ).
    • ,
  • Yves Couturier, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Research Centre on Aging, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada.

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PII: S1525-8610(07)00522-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.11.013

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Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 178-189 , March 2008

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