Mental Illness Training for Long Term Care Staff
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Recommendations for staff education and training for older people with mental illness in long-term aged care.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1525-8610
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2011.01.015