The usefulness and feasibility of a reflexivity method to improve clinical handover

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-115

  Broekhuis, Manda ^a,c   Veldkamp, Carla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Faculty of Management and Organization   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical handover; Dialogue; Improvement; Learning; Reflection; Reflexivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT TRANSFER; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 33846901405     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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