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Don Riesenberg, MD

JAMA. 1987;257(22):3119-3120.

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In a recent issue of THE JOURNAL, Schneider and colleagues¹ detail a remarkable increase, during the 1980s, in the number of teaching nursing homes. Additionally, they examine the reasons for this proliferation and speculate on future developments.

I find their report encouraging, having not long ago participated in the planning and placement of a nursing home within the walls of a teaching hospital. At the time of that endeavor, I was astonished by the passion with which some educators and many trainees argued against it. Their reservations fell into two categories: (1) doubts about the feasibility of conducting high-quality research in the nursing home setting and (2) the perception that caring for nursing home residents contributes little to the educational process.

Schneider et al¹ report that the majority of teaching nursing homes today have active research programs, examining dementia, infectious diseases, and other geriatric issues. Scientific investigation is . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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