Acute - An ambiguous concept in healthcare

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 589-597

  Gabrielsen, Elisabeth ^a,b   Lindström, Unni Å ^a   Nåden, Dagfinn ^a,b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute; Concept analysis; Medicine; Nursing; Qualitative quantitative approaches

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FINLAND; HUMANS;

EID: 68949086350     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2008.00646.x     Document Type: Article

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