Geriatric medicine and the management of transitions into old age: The hospital bed as a site of spatial practice

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Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 430-437

  Bornat, Joanna ^a   Raghuram, Parvati ^a   Henry, Leroi ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Geriatrics; Hospital bed; Oral history; South Asian doctors; Transitions

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ELDERLY CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MEDICINE;

SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 80855131532     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2010.00981.x     Document Type: Article

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