Discharge communications between hospital and community health care staff: A selective review

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 181-197

  Closs, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Discharge; Doctors; Information; Interface; Nurses; Review; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031517957     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.1997.tb00113.x     Document Type: Article

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