title: Report identifies defects in care for elderly surgery patients.
abstract: John Tingle discusses a recent report by the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) into the care received by elderly patients undergoing surgery.
authors.affiliation: Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tingle
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017751:Safety Management; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000401:mortality*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology