Health and needs assessment of geriatric patients: Results of a survey at a Teaching Hospital in Karachi

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 470-474

  Zafar, Syed Nabeel ^a   Ganatra, Hammad Ashraf ^a   Tehseen, Sarah ^a   Qidwai, Waris ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; REVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33845468717     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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