The NHS English National Service Framework for older people: Opportunities and risks

Clinical Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-143

  Swift, Cameron G ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Assessment; Falls; Government health policy; Health promotion; Intermediate care; Mental health; Older people; Service standards; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ENGLAND; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHYSICIANS; RISK;

EID: 0036491140     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.2-2-139     Document Type: Review

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