Improving the quality of hospital-generated police reports using a structured proforma

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 317-321

  Parker, Helen ^a,b,c,d   Kelly, Anne Maree ^a,d   Wells, David ^b,e  

^a WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Division of Clinical Forensic Medicine ^*  (Australia)

^e Division of Clinical Forensic Medicine

Author keywords

Coroner; Police reports; Structured proforma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CRIME; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0033638737     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2000.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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