What is it about?
My essay is a vignette describing an elderly patient I met who sustained a significant injury and bounced back through luck and force of will.
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Why is it important?
Falls are a significant problem for the elderly, and my story follows the arc of a fall and recovery from it.
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A story of finding unexpected connections with elderly patients in the hospital.
Dr Thomas J Doyle
Alpert Medical School Area Health Education Centre of Rhode Island
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This page is a summary of: The Birder, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, July 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14977.
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