Parents' perceptions and needs of children's hospital discharge information

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 341-347

  Keatinge, Diana ^a   Stevenson, Karen ^b   Fitzgerald, Mary ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Northern Sydney Central Coast Health   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Descriptive qualitative research; Paediatric discharge; Parent needs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARENTS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 70350731746     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2009.01765.x     Document Type: Article

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