Persons Found in Their Homes Helpless or Dead
Open Access
- 27 June 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 334 (26) , 1710-1716
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199606273342606
Abstract
Health care providers and providers of emergency services are sometimes called to help with people who are found alone in their homes either helpless or dead. It is not known who is at risk for being found helpless or dead, what the mortality rates are among those found alive, or how frequently this situation occurs.Keywords
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