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Inpatient stay for older adults: a double-edged sword for cognition?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 August 2021

Allen T. C. Lee*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Helen F. K. Chiu
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Abstract

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Commentary
Copyright
© International Psychogeriatric Association 2021

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