A quality registers impact on community nurses' in end-of-life care - a grounded theory study

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 206-214

  Lindblom, Anna Karin ^a   Bäck Pettersson, Siv ^b   Berggren, Ingela ^c  

^a Primary Health Care Research Development and Education Centre   (Sweden)

^b Primary Health Care Research Development and Education Centre   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

Author keywords

End of life care; Feedback; Grounded theory; Quality assurance; Quality register

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGISTER; STANDARD; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84857783684     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01376.x     Document Type: Article

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