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Original Article

To Hospitalize or Not to Hospitalize? That Is the Question: An Analysis of Decision Making in the Nursing Home

Jiska Cohen-Mansfield PhD Research Institute on Aging of the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington and George Washington University Medical Center
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Steven Lipson MD Research Institute on Aging of the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington
Pages 64-70 | Published online: 07 Aug 2010

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