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Poor inpatient care for older people
— good care for frail older people should be part of mainstream clinical practice | | Author(s) | Stuart G Parker, Simon Conroy |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 342, no 7798, 19 March 2011 |
| Pages | p 612 |
| Source | www.bmj.com |
| Keywords | Surgery ; Medical care ; Death ; Clinical surveys ; Reports. |
| Annotation | Briefly summarises a report from the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) - `An Age Old Problem: a review of the care received by elderly patients undergoing surgery' (2010). The report takes a critical look at the process of care of older patients who died within 30 days of surgery. To download the full report go to http://www.ncepod.org.uk/2010eese.htm. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110607004 A |
| Classmark | LKA: LK: CW: 3G: 6K |
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