Suboptimal ward care of critically ill patients

BMJ

Volumn 318, Issue 7175, 1999, Pages 51-

  Gorard, David ^a   Walshe, Kieran ^b   Wood, Jeremy ^c   Smith, Andrew ^d   Youngs, Paul J ^e   Collins, Charles ^e   Ringrose, Tim ^f   Garrard, Christopher ^f   Mcallister, C ^g   Mcgovern, S J ^g   Duncan, Peter W ^h   Nightingale, Peter ⁱ   Shelly, Maire P ⁱ   Macartney, Ian ^c   Ryan, Johanna ^j   Pritchard, Carl ^k   Anderson, Iain D ^l   Rowlands, Brian J ^l   Mercer, Michael ^m   Fletcher, Stephen J ^m   Bishop, Gillian F ^m   Mcquillan, Peter ⁿ   Pilkington, Sally ⁿ   Allan, Alison ⁿ   Taylor, Bruce ⁿ   Smith, Gary ⁿ   Nielson, Mick ⁿ   Short, Alasdair ^o   Morgan, Giles ^p   more..

^a WYCOMBE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g Royal Victoria Hospitals Trust   (United States)

^h ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j Bolton General Hospital   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^l ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^m LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁿ SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^o BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^p ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0033513649     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7175.51     Document Type: Letter

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