Effective discharge communication in the emergency department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 152-159

  Samuels Kalow, Margaret E ^a   Stack, Anne M ^b   Porter, Stephen C ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPREHENSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RECALL; REVIEW;

ASTHMA; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 84863771570     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.10.023     Document Type: Review

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