Improving clinical handovers: Creating local solutions for a global problem

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 244-245

  Johnson, Julie K ^a   Arora, Vineet M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SKILL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CULTURE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 69349107484     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2009.032946     Document Type: Note

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