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Hip fracture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

R Sainsbury*
Affiliation:
The Princess Margaret Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
*
R Sainsbury, Senior Lecturer/Physician, Department of Health Care of the Elderly, The Princess Margaret Hospital, Cashmere Road, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Abstract

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Type
Rehabilitation
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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