A qualitative study exploring the nurse telephone follow-up of patients returning home with a colostomy

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 1407-1415

  Zhang, Jun E ^a   Wong, Frances K Y ^b   You, Li M ^a   Zheng, Mei C ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Colostomy care; Nurses; Nursing; Qualitative content analysis; Telephone follow up

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859785884     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03824.x     Document Type: Article

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