A handoff is not a telegram: An understanding of the patient is co-constructed

Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Cohen, Michael D ^a   Hilligoss, Brian ^b   Kajdacsy Balla Amaral, André C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT HANDOFF; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84856722143     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc10536     Document Type: Article

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