Ten ways to improve the care of elderly
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Angelena Maria Labella; Susan Eva Merel; Elizabeth Anne Phelan
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Article
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2011
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Hospitalists care for elderly patients daily, but few have specialized training in geriatric medicine. Elderly patients, and in particular the very old and the frail elderly, are at high risk of functional decline and iatrogenic complications during hospitalization. Other challenges in caring for th