Surgery for an ageing population

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2016, Pages e7-e9

  Soreide K ^a   Wijnhoven, B P L ^b  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION PROJECTION; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SURGERY; TRENDS;

AGED; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POPULATION FORECAST; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84954481534     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.10071     Document Type: Article

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