Creating an agreed discharge: Discharge planning for clients with high care needs

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 444-453

  Tomura, Hikari ^a   Yamamoto Mitani, Noriko ^b   Nagata, Satoko ^a   Murashima, Sachiyo ^a   Suzuki, Shigemi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Constant comparative approach; Discharge planning nurses; Health care professionals and community resources; High care needs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 78651259426     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03556.x     Document Type: Article

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