Bedrails rise again?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 426-427

  O'keeffe, Shaun T ^a  

^a Merlin Park University Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDRAIL; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FALLING; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; BEDS; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 84879870852     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/aft062     Document Type: Editorial

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