Capturing the concealed: Interprofessional practice and older patients' participation in decision-making about discharge after acute hospitalization

Journal of Interprofessional Care

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-67

  Huby, Guro ^a   Brook, Jenny Holt ^b   Thompson, Andrew ^a   Tierney, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BMRB   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN RELATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SCOTLAND; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 34247144179     PISSN: 13561820     EISSN: 14699567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13561820601035020     Document Type: Article

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