Quality in child healthcare: The views of mothers and public health nurses

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 195-204

  Jansson, Annkristin ^a,b   Isacsson, Åke ^a   Kornfält, Ragnhild ^b   Lindholm, Lars H ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child health services; Home visits; Public health nurse; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032431405     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.1998.tb00498.x     Document Type: Article

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