Nursing shortages and patient safety problems in hospital care: Is clinical monitoring by families part of the solution?

Health Expectations

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Entwistle, Vikki ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG; INFUSION FLUID;

ALERTNESS; ATTITUDE; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; ERROR; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL CARE; MONITORING; NURSING; PATIENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; SAFETY; SKILL;

FAMILY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NURSES; PATIENT ADVOCACY; SAFETY;

EID: 1242272739     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1369-7625.2003.00259.x     Document Type: Editorial

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