Facilitators and barriers of change toward an elder-friendly surgical environment: perspectives of clinician stakeholder groups

• Main Authors: Heather M. Hanson (Author), Lindsey Warkentin (Author), Roxanne Wilson (Author), Navtej Sandhu (Author), Susan E. Slaughter (Author), Rachel G. Khadaroo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Current acute care surgical practices do not focus on the unique needs of older adults. Adverse outcomes in older patients result from a complex interrelationship between baseline vulnerability and insults experienced during hospitalization. The purpose of this study is to assess...