Transition of care: An evaluation of the role of the discharge liaison nurse in the Netherlands

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1186-1194

  Dukkers Van Emden, Dorothea M ^b   Ros, Wynand J G ^b   Berns, Mary P H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Community; Continuity of care; Discharge planning; Health care; Hospital; Liaison nurse; Transition of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CONSULTANTS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0033227619     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01190.x     Document Type: Article

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