The patient experience of being a delayed discharge

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-126

  Kydd, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delayed discharge; Frail older people; Participant observation; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED OCCUPANCY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 38849199687     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2008.00848.x     Document Type: Article

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