Rural people's experience of critical illness involving inter-hospital transportation: a qualitative study

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 12-16

  Johnson, Patricia ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONFUSION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; AIR AMBULANCES; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFUSION; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 0033085133     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1036-7314(99)70507-2     Document Type: Article

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