Teamworking in nursing homes

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 197-204

  Wicke, Dorothy ^a,c   Coppin, Richard ^a   Payne, Sheila ^b  

^a The Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c The Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Nurses; Nursing homes; Quality of care; Teamworking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TEAMWORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0942289806     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02881.x     Document Type: Article

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