Responding to the needs of older people resident in care homes

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 186-188

  Gladman, John R F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOME CARE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; NURSING HOME;

EID: 34248209627     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.7-2-186     Document Type: Conference Paper

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