Applied Nursing Research
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 159-165 , August 2009

Inpatient falls: the impact of family and personal caregivers

  • Huey-Ming Tzeng, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 734 358 0358; fax: +1 734 994 9776.
    • ,
  • Chang-Yi Yin, MA

      Affiliations

    • Department of History, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan 11192

Received 27 May 2007 ,Revised 14 September 2007 ,Accepted 24 September 2007.

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PII: S0897-1897(07)00126-7

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2007.09.002

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 159-165 , August 2009

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