A qualitative examination of changing practice in Canadian neonatal intensive care units

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 287-294

  Stevens, Bonnie ^a,b   Lee, Shoo K ^c,d   Law, Madelyn P ^a   Yamada, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c Integrated Centre for Care Advancement Through Research iCARE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neonatal care; Organizational change; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMMUNICATION; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTERVIEWS; LUNG DISEASES; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY;

EID: 33947428754     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00697.x     Document Type: Article

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