Organisational challenges when enabling ease of access for the elderly around a large acute hospital campus

International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 296-300

  Davy, Cathy ^a   Iovino, Chris ^a   Kavanagh, Sheila ^a   Wiechula, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access; Acute care; Courtesy buggy; Elderly; Wheelchair bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955952538     PISSN: 17441595     EISSN: 17441609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1609.2009.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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