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Poor inpatient care for older people — good care for frail older people should be part of mainstream clinical practice
Author(s)	Stuart G Parker, Simon Conroy
Journal title	British Medical Journal, vol 342, no 7798, 19 March 2011
Pages	p 612
Source	www.bmj.com
Keywords	Surgery ; Medical care ; Death ; Clinical surveys ; Reports.
Annotation	Briefly summarises a report from the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) - `An Age Old Problem: a review of the care received by elderly patients undergoing surgery' (2010). The report takes a critical look at the process of care of older patients who died within 30 days of surgery. To download the full report go to http://www.ncepod.org.uk/2010eese.htm. (JL).
Accession Number	CPA-110607004 A
Classmark	LKA: LK: CW: 3G: 6K
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