The patient handoff: Medicine's formula one moment

Chest

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-12

  Dunn, William ^a,b,c   Murphy, Joseph G ^a,c  

^a Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine ^*

^b Department of Medicine

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APACHE; CARDIOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAMWORK;

EID: 47549092651     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-0998     Document Type: Editorial

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