Bedrails: Do they have a benefit?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 627-628

  Frengley, J Dermot ^a  

^a Goldwater Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BED; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INJURY; PATIENT CARE;

EID: 0032907522     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb02581.x     Document Type: Editorial

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