Guidelines for the prevention of falls in people over 65
BMJ 2000; 321 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.321.7267.1007 (Published 21 October 2000) Cite this as: BMJ 2000;321:1007
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Members of the development group
Yvonne Carter (general practitioner), Vincent Croft (social work senior practitioner), Colin Cryer (falls prevention researcher), Sheila Donovan (guidelines facilitator), Gene Feder (general practitioner and chair of the group), Janet Flaherty (district nurse), Anthea Lehmann (care of the elderly physician), Jennie Negus (community nurse manager), and Noushine Nozari (occupational therapist). The external referees were Alison Allen (public health nurse for the elderly, East Kent Community NHS Trust), Jacqueline Close (care of the elderly physician and falls researcher, King’s College School of Medicine and Dentistry), Steve Iliffe (primary care researcher and general practitioner, Royal Free and University College London Schools of Medicine, London), Janet Simpson (falls researcher, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London), and Dawn Skelton (exercise physiologist, Imperial College School of Medicine, St Mary’s Hospital, London).
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