The role of the interdisciplinary geriatric assessment in addressing self-neglect of the elderly

Generations

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 23-27

  Dyer, Carmel Bitondo ^a   Goins, Angela M ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Adult Protective Services Division   (United States)

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