Psychiatric consultation to elderly medical inpatients in a general hospital

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 80-83

  O'Neill, Conor ^a   O'Connell, Henry ^b   Lawlor, Brian A ^b  

^a St Brendan's Hospital   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Consultation; Elderly; Inpatient; Referral

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0141763578     PISSN: 07909667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0790966700007746     Document Type: Article

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