Operational efficiency of health care in police custody suites: Comparison of nursing and medical provision

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-134

  Bond, Patricia ^a   Kingston, Paul ^a   Nevill, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Custody nursing; Evaluation; Forensic medical examiners; Forensic medical services; Interviews; Police custody; Record review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENGLAND; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; POLICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 34548684548     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04403.x     Document Type: Article

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