Aging and becoming vulnerable;Vieillir et devenir vulnérable

Revue Medicale Suisse

Volumn 5, Issue 226, 2009, Pages 2353-2357

  Monod, Stéfanie ^a   Sautebin, Annelore ^a  

^a CUTR Sylvana   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; ELDER ABUSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONHOOD; POVERTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 71249123190     PISSN: 16609379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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