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PATIENT FALLS ARE NOT PATIENT ACCIDENTS

Ellen B Barbieri

Journal of Gerontological Nursing · 1983 · 68 citations · 12 references

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Abstract

You can't prevent all falls - but you can learn to identify the characteristics of high- risk patients.

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P. W. Overstall, A. N. Exton‐Smith, F. J. Imms et al. · BMJ · 1977 · 669 citations · Full text

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A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF FALLS IN AN ELDERLY POPULATION: I. INCIDENCE AND MORBIDITY

C. I. Gryfe, A. AMIES, M. J. Ashley · Age and Ageing · 1977 · 380 citations

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FRACTURE OF THE FEMUR IN OLD AGE: A TWO-CENTRE STUDY OF ASSOCIATED CLINICAL FACTORS AND THE CAUSE OF THE FALL

J.C. Brocklehurst, A. N. Exton‐Smith, S. M. LEMPERT BARBER et al. · Age and Ageing · 1978 · 133 citations

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A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF FALLS IN AN ELDERLY POPULATION II. SOME CIRCUMSTANCES OF FALLING

M. J. Ashley, C. I. Gryfe, A. AMIES · Age and Ageing · 1977 · 125 citations

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Falls by hospitalized elderly patients: causes, prevention.

P Sehested, T Severin-Nielsen · PubMed · 1977 · 107 citations

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