Call 4 concern: Patient and relative activated critical care outreach

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 1390-1395

  Odell, Mandy ^a   Gerber, Karin ^a   Gager, Melanie ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical care outreach; Deteriorating patient; Patient experience; Patient involvementn Relatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650467633     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2010.19.22.1390     Document Type: Article

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