Transition from hospital to home care: What gets lost between the discharge plan and the real world?

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 198-199

  Drury, Lin J ^a  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BOOK; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MANUALS AS TOPIC; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45549102731     PISSN: 00220124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00220124-20080501-08     Document Type: Short Survey

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