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Alice Running1, Neila Shumaker, Jeannine Clark

  • 1Associate Professor, Orvis School of Nursing, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USAAssociate Chief of Staff, Geriatrics and Extended Care, VHA Medical Center, Reno, NV, USA, and Associate Professor, Geriatric Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USAGeriatric Nurse Practitioner, VHA Medical Center, Reno, NV, USAGraduate Student, Orvis School of Nursing, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USAGraduate Student, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA.

International Journal of Older People Nursing
|October 8, 2010
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