Paediatric calls to an inner city Accident and Emergency department: Service demand and advice given

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 170-174

  Crouch, R ^a   Patel, A ^b   Dale, J ^b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUNSELING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONDON; MALE; PARENTS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0030256606     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-2302(96)90072-7     Document Type: Article

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