Risk assessment and fall prevention: Practice development in action

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-134

  Dempsey, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fall prevention; Practice development; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ETHICS; FALLING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PILOT STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; ETHICS; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 58149288351     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.673.29.2.123     Document Type: Article

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