JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 174-180 , March 2009

Multidisciplinary Reports of Nursing Home Mistreatment

  • Jessica J. McCool, BA

      Affiliations

    • Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
    • ,
  • Gerald J. Jogerst, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City IA
    • ,
  • Jeanette M. Daly, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City IA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Jeanette M. Daly, RN, PhD, Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa, 01290-F PFP, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242
    • ,
  • Yinghui Xu, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City IA

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 The research fellowship to conduct this project was funded from the NIH 5 T35 HL007485-28 award entitled Short-Term Training for Students in Health Professions Schools and the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.

PII: S1525-8610(08)00344-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.09.005

JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 174-180 , March 2009

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