Working together to improve the care of older people: A new framework for collaboration

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-55

  Zeitz, Kathryn ^a   Kitson, Alison ^b   Gibb, Heather ^b   Bagley, Eliza ^b   Chester, Margaret ^b   Davy, Cathy ^a   Frankham, Jane ^b   Guthrie, Sarah ^b   Roney, Fiona ^b   Shanks, Alison ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Co operative inquiry; Collaboration; Nursing; Older people; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL FOOD SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL GOVERNANCE; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 78650151940     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05478.x     Document Type: Article

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