"There's Huge Value in Knowing What's Going On": a Mixed Methods Study to Explore Geriatricians' Perspectives on Best Practices for Information Transfer Between Hospital-Based Geriatricians and Primary Care Physicians...44th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Geriatrics Society, May 29–31 2025; Toronto, Ontario.
Background: Geriatricians' work provides holistic recommendations to improve the health of older adults, considering medical, social, psychological, and functional domains. Their implementation most often relies on primary care physicians. Extant evidence suggests benefit from systematized informati...
| Publicado en: | Canadian Geriatrics Journal Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 235 - 244 |
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