Patient Safety

Pathy's Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine: Fifth Edition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 153-170

  Long, Susannah ^a   Vincent, Charles ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageism; Decision making; Education; Frailty; Geriatric syndromes; Harm; Incident reporting; Medication safety; Multidisciplinary team working; Older people; Patient safety; Systems of care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886156946     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119952930.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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