Multidisciplinary assessment at triage: A new way forward

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-46

  Richardson, Joanna R ^a   Braitberg, George ^a   Yeoh, Michael J ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Multidisciplinary; Patient care; Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESEARCH; SATISFACTION;

EID: 2142756904     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2004.00541.x     Document Type: Article

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