Falls in the elderly: what can be done?
- 1 August 2000
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 173 (4) , 176-177
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb125595.x
Abstract
We need to streamline referral to falls programs and coordinate services within and outside hospitalsKeywords
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