The assessment and treatment of a complex geriatric patient by an interprofessional primary care team

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bell, Stephanie H ^a   Tracy, C Shawn ^a   Upshur, Ross E G ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FALLING; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GOUT; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 79955372265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.07.2010.3154     Document Type: Article

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