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Commentaries |
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Medical Conferences
Joseph H. Friedman, MD |
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The Beckoning Emergency Room
Stanley M. Aronson, MD |
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CONTRIBUTIONS |
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INTRODUCTION
Nursing Home Care
Ana Tuya Fulton, MD
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The Prevention, Treatment and Liability of Pressure Ulcers in the Nursing Home
Rachel Roach, MSN, ANP, GNP, WCC; Clarisse Dexter, MSN, FNP, GNP, WCC |
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Non-pharmacological Approaches to Dementia In the Long Term Care Setting
Alicia J. Curtin, PhD, GNP-BC |
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The Use of Antipsychotic Medication in Long Term Care
Gary Epstein-Lubow, MD; Andrew Rosenzweig, MD, MPH |
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Palliative Care for the Nursing Home Resident With Dementia
Noel S.C. Javier, MD |
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The 2009 A/H1N1 Pandemic Influenza and the Nursing Home
Stefan Gravenstein, MD, MPH; Aurora Pop-Vicas, MD, MPH; Arvydas Ambrozaitis, MD, PhD |
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COLUMNS |
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CREATIVE CLINICIAN
Alphabet Soup: RAEB, HMA, DOE, and AFOP
Nathan T. Connell, MD;Heather M. Cassidy, MD;David Berz, MD, PhD, MPH; Eric S. Winer, MD
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PHYSICIAN’S LEXICON
The Ubiquitous -nyms of English
Stanely M. Aronson, MD
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Vital Statistics
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December Heritage |
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