Top-level managers' and politicians' worries about future care for older people with complex and acute illnesses - a Nordic study

International Journal of Older People Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-172

  Finnbakk, Elisabeth ^a,b   Skovdahl, Kirsti ^a   Blix, Ellen Störe ^c   Fagerström, Lisbeth ^a,d  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LOVISENBERG DIACONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^c NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Advanced practice nursing; Clinical competence; Future care planning; Municipal care; Older people; Trends

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENMARK; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING CARE; PATIENT CARE; POLITICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD; SWEDEN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POLITICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84860338627     PISSN: 17483735     EISSN: 17483743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2012.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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