Relocating elderly people and nursing staff from the NHS to the independent sector

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 859-864

  Lee, Soo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confused elderly; Hospital closure; National Health Service reforms; Relocation; Staff and patient preparation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032177627     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00726.x     Document Type: Article

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