Rhetoric and reality in stroke patient care

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1437-1446

  Pound, Pandora ^a   Ebrahim, Shah ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Canynge Hall Whiteladies Rd B ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nursing; Rehabilitation; Stroke units

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; OBSERVATION; PATIENT CARE; STROKE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMAN; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICAL THERAPY TECHNIQUES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034676665     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00040-X     Document Type: Article

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