Medical Direction in the Nursing Home Principles and Concepts for Physician-Administrators

This valuable book that will increase knowledge & comprehension about: The expanding role of the nursing home in the health care system & the intergration of the role into the continuum of care. The need for the nursing home to relate effectively to all its constituencies-residents, family members, medical professionals, community leaders. The value of a physician-a medical director-who identifies with the nursing home organization & who provides a physician's input into the nursing home's decision process. The value of the medical director to the nursing home administration & the ways his or her services can be used fully in developing the nursing home's capabilities. The value of a medical director who assumes a leadership role among nursing home staff members & caregivers. The value of the medical director to the administration in analyzing & communicating the medical implications of the changing long-term care environment.Pattee, James J. is the author of 'Medical Direction in the Nursing Home Principles and Concepts for Physician-Administrators' with ISBN 9780962961403 and ISBN 096296140X.