Children and young people's missed health care appointments: Reconceptualising 'Did Not Attend' to 'Was Not Brought' - a review of the evidence for practice

Journal of Research in Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-192

  Powell, Catherine ^a,b   Appleton, Jane V ^c  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child centred; children's rights; Did Not Attend; missed appointments; no access visit; safeguarding and child protection; Was Not Brought

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858726572     PISSN: 17449871     EISSN: 1744988X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744987112438158     Document Type: Article

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