A home healthcare and school of pharmacy partnership to reduce falls

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 295-302

  Withey, Mary Boss ^a   Breault, Allison ^a  

^a Hospice of Eastern Connecticut   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FALLING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHARMACIST; POLYPHARMACY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SCHOOL; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; PHARMACISTS; POLYPHARMACY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SCHOOLS, PHARMACY;

EID: 84880241749     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NHH.0b013e318294787c     Document Type: Article

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