Hospital handoffs as multifunctional situated routines: Implications for researchers and administrators

Advances in Health Care Management

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages 91-132

  Hilligoss, Brian ^a   Cohen, Michael D ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERSONNEL; REVIEW;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; PATIENT TRANSFER; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 84864325302     PISSN: 14748231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1474-8231(2011)0000011008     Document Type: Review

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