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Chapter 15 - Geriatric Critical Care Units: Model for Interdisciplinary Approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2018

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Steven R. Allen  and
Lewis J. Kaplan
Edited by
Shamsuddin Akhtar  and
Stanley Rosenbaum
Shamsuddin Akhtar
Affiliation:
Yale University School of Medicine
Stanley Rosenbaum
Affiliation:
Yale University School of Medicine
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Principles of Geriatric Critical Care , pp. 210 - 225
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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