Attitudes of GPs to medical management in a falls clinic service

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1008-1010

  Beer, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FALLING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

EID: 39049179904     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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