Community hospitals and older people
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Prioritise older people competencies, hospitals told.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/30.suppl_3.7