Poor inpatient care for older people

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7798, 2011, Pages 612-

  Parker, Stuart G ^a   Conroy, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC SURGERY; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS;

EID: 79952793381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d373     Document Type: Editorial

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