Nursing documentation for communicating and evaluating care

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2116-2124

  Törnvall, Eva ^a   Wilhelmsson, Susan ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Centre of Surgery and Oncology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communication; Documentation; Nurses; Nursing; Primary care; Quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STANDARD; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING RECORDS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SWEDEN; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 47349108281     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02149.x     Document Type: Article

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