Services for older people in Malaysia: Issues and challenges

Age and Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 444-446

  Poi, Philip J H ^a   Forsyth, Duncan R ^b   Chan, Daniel K Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; NURSE; NURSING HOME; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 4544345560     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh182     Document Type: Note

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