The safety of safety research: The case of patient fall research

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 74-88

  Morse, Janice M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cochrane criteria; Fall intervention; Fall prediction; Morse Fall Scale; Patient fall risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; FALLING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL TRIALS; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745539413     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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