Towards the development of a paediatric discharge planning screening tool

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 163-183

  Domanski, Margaret D ^a,b   Jackson, Alun C ^a,c   Miller, Jane ^d   Jeffrey, Cindy ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Domanski and Associates LLC   (United States)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discharge planning; Paediatric social work; Risk screening

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AFTERCARE; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PEDIATRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; VICTORIA;

EID: 0642309901     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13674935030073003     Document Type: Article

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