Evidence-based care of the elderly health-guide

Geriatrics Today: Journal of the Canadian Geriatrics Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-42

  Triscott, Jean A C ^a   Handfield Jones, Richard S ^b   Bell Irving, Katherine A ^b   Windholz, Sylvia ^b   Auger, Julie R ^b   Butler, Richard G ^b   Hunt, C ^b  

^a GLENROSE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Elderly care; Evidence based; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

EID: 0037319799     PISSN: 14963892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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