Best practice interventions to improve the management of older people in acute care settings: A literature review

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-126

  Hickman, Louise ^a   Newton, Phillip ^a   Halcomb, Elizabeth J ^a   Chang, Esther ^a   Davidson, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute care; Best practice; Communication; Discharge planning; Gerontology; Literature review; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 34548688424     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04417.x     Document Type: Article

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