Patient-centered fall prevention

Affiliations

¹ At Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Patient Safety, Research, and Practice in Boston, Mass., Patricia C. Dykes is the program director of research and Ann C. Hurley is a senior nurse scientist.

Patricia C Dykes et al. Nurs Manage. 2021.

. 2021 Mar 1;52(3):51-54.

doi: 10.1097/01.NUMA.0000733668.39637.ba.

¹ At Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Patient Safety, Research, and Practice in Boston, Mass., Patricia C. Dykes is the program director of research and Ann C. Hurley is a senior nurse scientist.

No abstract available

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