Challenges, opportunities and the role of the specialist care for older people;Retos, oportunidades y función de la asistencia sanitaria especializada en personas mayores

Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 342-346

  O'Neill D ^a,b   Williams, B ^a   Hastie, I ^a,b  

^a División de Medicina Geriátrica   (Spain)

^b Sección de Medicina   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONFUSION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; ETHICS; EUROPE; FALLING; FRACTURE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERONTOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0037804242     PISSN: 0211139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0211-139X(02)74841-5     Document Type: Article

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