The ABC of handover: A qualitative study to develop a new tool for handover in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 941-946

  Farhan, Maisse ^a   Brown, Ruth ^a   Woloshynowych, Maria ^b   Vincent, Charles ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PATIENT HANDOFF; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84870056928     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2011-200199     Document Type: Article

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