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| Commentary: older people's perspectives on life after hip fractures | | Author(s) | Shanthi N Ameratunga, Paul M Brown |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, no 7231, 5 February 2000 |
| Pages | p 346 |
| Keywords | Falls ; Fractures ; Older women ; Quality of life ; Attitude ; Social surveys ; Australia. |
| Annotation | The authors comment on the findings of Salkeld et al's article, "Quality of life related to fear of falling and hip fracture in older women" in this issue of the British Medical Journal (BMJ). The article affirms the need for rehabilitation programmes to focus not only on enhancing patients' mobility and functional activities, but also to optimise the ability to live independently, and to participate in social and other aspects of community life. More particularly, older people need to be active participants in decision-making around priorities for the prevention and management of falls and hip fracture. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000508213 A |
| Classmark | OLF: CUF: BD: F:59: DP: 3F: 7YA |
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