Acute Practitioners’ Experiences of Implementing Frailty Same Day Emergency Care: A Researcher-in-Residence Study
By: Kieran Green, Sheena Asthana, John Downey and Joanne Watson
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.9854 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
Language: English
Page range: 18 - 18
Submitted on: Jun 10, 2025
Accepted on: Jun 2, 2026
Published on: Jun 18, 2026
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