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Rehabilitation of patients with hip fracture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Karen Ethans*
Affiliation:
Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada
Colin Powell
Affiliation:
Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada
*
Professor C Powell, Centre for Health Care of the Elderly, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, 1763 Robie Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaB3H 3G2.

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