Hazards of hospitalization: Hospitalists and geriatricians educating medical students about delirium and falls in geriatric inpatients

Gerontology and Geriatrics Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 94-104

  Lang, Valerie J ^a   Clark, Nancy S ^a   Medina Walpole, Annette ^a   McCann, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delirium; Falls; Hospitalist; Medical student

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELIRIUM; FALLING; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; DELIRIUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 58149216763     PISSN: 02701960     EISSN: 15453847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701960801963276     Document Type: Article

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