A cardiac discharge contract

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 115-116

  Brush Jr , John E ^a,b   Brough, Joani ^a   Valentine, C Michael ^a  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

^b Cardiology Consultants Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge contract; Discharge document; Discharge instructions; Patient education

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 24944565271     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hpc.0000172372.00718.0e     Document Type: Article

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