Improving rehabilitation following transfer from ICU

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 209-210

  Ball, Carol ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AFTERCARE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT TRANSFER; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 52049088760     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2008.04.001     Document Type: Editorial

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