Auditing nursing content in patient records

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 133-141

  Ehrenberg, Anna ^a,b,e   Ehnfors, Margareta ^a,c,d   Smedby, Björn ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b University College Dalarna   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Society of Nursing   (Sweden)

^e DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Audits; Medical records; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING; QUALITY CONTROL;

MEDICAL RECORDS; NURSING AUDIT; SWEDEN;

EID: 0035723753     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-6712.2001.00011.x     Document Type: Article

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