Death after an accidental fall of a 101 year old hospitalized patient. Medico-legal implication of falling in geriatrics

BACKGROUND: The case presented by the authors gives the opportunity to discuss the medico-legal issues related to lack of prevention of falls in elderly hospitalized patients. CASE PRESENTATION: A 101 year old Caucasian female was admitted to a surgery division for evaluation of abdominal pain of un...

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Autores principales: Terranova, Claudio, Cardin, Fabrizio, Martella, Bruno, Amato, Bruno, Militello, Carmelo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3499262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23173622
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-12-S1-S34

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3499262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23173622
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-12-S1-S34

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