Handover: Faster and safer?

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-32

  Bradley, Stacey ^a   Mott, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

3 stage model; Bedside handover; Handof; Lewin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867538283     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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