Home visits for vulnerable older people: journeys to the 'Far End'.

Br J Gen Pract

Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand; Emeritus Professor of Rural and Remote Medicine, Rural Clinical School of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.

Published: October 2020

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