Development and evaluation of a Continuity of Care Checklist for improving orthopaedic patient discharge from hospital

Journal of Orthopaedic Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 183-193

  Hadjistavropoulos, Heather D ^a   Garratt, Sharon ^b   Janzen, Jennifer Amy ^a   Bourgault Fagnou, Michelle D ^a   Spice, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b REGINA QU APPELLE HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Checklists; Continuity of care; Discharge

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350620531     PISSN: 13613111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joon.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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