Community nursing services for postdischarge chronically ill patients

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 7B, 2008, Pages 260-271

  Chow, Susan K Y ^a   Wong, Frances K Y ^a   Chan, Tony M F ^b   Chung, Loretta Y F ^a   Chang, Katherine K P ^a   Lee, Rance P L ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China   (Macao)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Community nursing; Self reported health

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949194101     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02231.x     Document Type: Article

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