Discharge planning for complex paediatric cases

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 161-175

  Jackson, Alun C ^a,b   Johnson, Belinda ^a   O’Toole, Maree ^b   Auslander, Gail ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Royal Children s Hospital   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Case complexity; Discharge planning; Paediatric social work

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FAMILY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKER;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PEDIATRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0035747068     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380109517024     Document Type: Article

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