Patient readiness for return to home: Discord between expectations and reality

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 132-141

  Clark, Michele ^a   Steinberg, Margaret ^a   Bischoff, Noelene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carers; Coping at home; Discharge planning; Early discharge; Elderly patients; Policy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERDISCHARGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 0030864572     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.1997.tb00765.x     Document Type: Article

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