Patients' conceptions of the triage encounter at the Emergency Department

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 746-754

  Möller, Malin ^a,b   Fridlund, Bengt ^a,c   Göransson, Katarina ^d,e  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Encounter; Phenomenography; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; SWEDEN; TRIAGE;

EID: 78349288872     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2010.00772.x     Document Type: Article

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