Collaboration between relatives of elderly patients and nurses and its relation to satisfaction with the hospital care trajectory

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 507-519

  Lindhardt, Tove ^a,b   Nyberg, Per ^b   Hallberg, Ingalill Rahm ^b  

^a Lund University ^*  (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute care; Carers; Elder care; Family care; Quality of care; Quantitative approaches; Statistics; Survey designs

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

AGED; DECISION MAKING; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 56049087991     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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