Incontinence: Assessment, diagnosis, and management in two rehabilitation units for older people

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 179-186

  Coffey, Alice ^a   McCarthy, Geraldine ^a   McCormack, Brendan ^b,c   Wright, Jayne ^b   Slater, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continence; Older people; Practice development

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELDERLY CARE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; REHABILITATION CARE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PREVALENCE; REHABILITATION CENTERS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 36849016870     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2007.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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