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The care of patients with fragility fracture
Corporate Author	British Orthopaedic Association; British Geriatrics Society - BGS
Publisher	British Orthopaedic Association, London, 2007
Pages	75 pp
Source	British Orthopaedic Association, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PE. http://www.boa.ac.uk
Keywords	Fractures ; In-patients ; Admission [hospitals] ; Surgery ; Rehabilitation.
Annotation	Fragility fractures and their care are presenting a challenge to the UK's health care system, with around 300,000 patients with such fractures each year and current projections indicate that numbers of hip fracture patients will double by 2050. This Blue Book seeks to summarise in concise form what is known from the evidence and also what is at present good practice in the field of fracture services. It is a collaborative venture, widely supported including by the charity, the National Osteoporosis Society. It offers practical help on how to address patients' needs with evidence-based care recommendations, standards, service models and use of the national audit project, NHFD (National Hip Fracture Database). (KJ).
Accession Number	CPA-071031201 B
Classmark	CUF: LF7: LD:QKH: LKA: LM
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