Preventing pressure ulcers

Stacey, Michael C

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05962.x

Topics

General medicine

Gerontology

Adequate staffing and devices to impIement active strategies are the key

University Department of Surgery, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, WA.

Correspondence:

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