Caring for the oldest old

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7593, 2007, Pages 546-547

  MacAuley, Domhnall ^a   Morris, Zoe Slote ^b  

^a University of Cambridge ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; NOTE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS;

EID: 33947532562     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39141.534190.80     Document Type: Editorial

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