Educating staff working in long-term care about delirium: The Trojan horse for improving quality of care?

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-266

  Siddiqi, Najma ^a   Young, John ^a   Cheater, Francine M ^a   Harding, Rebecca A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delirium; Education; Long term care; Quality of care, Complex interventions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DELIRIUM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONG TERM CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STAFF TRAINING;

DELIRIUM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 49149085358     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.05.014     Document Type: Article

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