Discharge planning and transitional care: Issues in Thai nursing

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 355-362

  Pichitpornchai, Wanpen ^a   Street, Annette ^a   Boontong, Tassana ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Discharge planning; Ethnography; Thai nursing; Transitional care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; THAILAND; TIME;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; THAILAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033209694     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7489(99)00043-7     Document Type: Article

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