Would a Nursing Home Physician Specialty Resolve the Workforce Crisis in Long-Term Care?
Authors: Leslie S. Libow
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2009)

Letters15 September 2009Would a Nursing Home Physician Specialty Resolve the Workforce Crisis in Long-Term Care?Leslie S. Libow, MD and Gisele Wolf-Klein, MDLeslie S. Libow, MDFrom Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029.Search for more papers by this author and Gisele Wolf-Klein, MDFrom Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-151-6-200909150-00013 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:The suggestion by Katz and colleagues (1) to create a nursing home medical specialty to ameliorate the serious shortage of physicians in long-term care is creative and bold. It is a natural outgrowth of the field of geriatric medicine and is an appropriate response to the modest manpower progress (2) experienced thus far in the field of geriatric medicine. In addition to this new specialty idea, Katz and colleagues disagree with the Institute of Medicine's recommendation (3) to expand the role and supply of mid-level providers, such as nurse practitioners, in the nursing home as a response ...References1. Katz PR, Karuza J, Intrator O, Mor V. Nursing home physician specialists: a response to the workforce crisis in long-term care. Ann Intern Med. 2009;150:411-3. [PMID: 19293074] LinkGoogle Scholar2. Butler RN. Thoughts on the development of geriatrics [Editorial]. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007;55:2086-7. [PMID: 18081676] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Institute of Medicine. Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce. Washington, DC: National Academies Pr; 2008. Google Scholar4. Libow LS. A fellowship in geriatric medicine. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1972;20:580-4. [PMID: 4639422] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Libow LS. A geriatric medical residency program. A four-year experience. Ann Intern Med. 1976;85:641-7. [PMID: 984619] LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Leslie S. Libow, MD; Gisele Wolf-Klein, MDAffiliations: From Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029.Disclosures: None disclosed. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoNursing Home Physician Specialists: A Response to the Workforce Crisis in Long-Term Care Paul R. Katz , Jurgis Karuza , Orna Intrator , and Vincent Mor Would a Nursing Home Physician Specialty Resolve the Workforce Crisis in Long-Term Care? William B. Freedberg Would a Nursing Home Physician Specialty Resolve the Workforce Crisis in Long-Term Care? Paul R. Katz , Jurgis Karuza , and Vincent Mor Would a Nursing Home Physician Specialty Resolve the Workforce Crisis in Long-Term Care? Cheryl L. Phillips Would a Nursing Home Physician Specialty Resolve the Workforce Crisis in Long-Term Care? Marie-Luz Villa Would a Nursing Home Physician Specialty Resolve the Workforce Crisis in Long-Term Care? Heidi K. White , Gwendolen Buhr , and Jose Gonzalez , on behalf of the North Carolina Medical Directors Association Metrics 15 September 2009Volume 151, Issue 6Page: 431KeywordsElderlyEmotionsFellowshipsFrailtyGeriatricsLong-term careMortalityNursesNursing homesResidency ePublished: 15 September 2009 Issue Published: 15 September 2009 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2009 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...