Bed falls and bedrails - What should we do? [6]

Age and Ageing

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 415-418

  Oliver, David ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGITATION; ANXIETY; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEDS; FAMILY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0036750406     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/31.5.415     Document Type: Letter

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