Orthogeriatric rehabilitation: Which patients benefit most?

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 274-276

  Aitken, E ^a   Yu, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Orpington Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION;

AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 0032041643     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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