JAMDA
Volume 9, Issue 5 , Pages 360-363 , June 2008

Risk Management for Pressure Ulcers: When the Family Shows Up With a Camera

This paper was presented as an abstract at the American Medical Directors Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA, March 2005.

  • Jeffrey M. Levine, MD, AGSF, CMD

      Affiliations

    • St. Vincent's Hospital, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Jeffrey M. Levine, MD, 928 Broadway, Ste. 305, New York, NY 10010.
    • ,
  • Fay Savino, RN, MA
    • ,
  • Marilyn Peterson, RNC, MSN
    • ,
  • Carolyn Reinach Wolf, Esq., MBA, MS

      Affiliations

    • Abrams, Fensterman, Eisner, Greenberg, Formato, and Einiger LLP.

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PII: S1525-8610(08)00097-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.02.005

JAMDA
Volume 9, Issue 5 , Pages 360-363 , June 2008

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