Are patients discharged with care? A qualitative study of perceptions and experiences of patients, family members and care providers

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Hesselink, Gijs ^a   Flink, Maria ^b,c   Olsson, Mariann ^b,c   Barach, Paul ^d,e,f   Dudzik Urbaniak, Ewa ^g   Orrego, Carola ^h   Toccafondi, Giulio ⁱ   Kalkman, Cor ^d   Johnson, Julie K ^j   Schoonhoven, Lisette ^a,k   Vernooij Dassen, Myrra ^a,l   Wollersheim, Hub ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^g National Center for Quality Assessment in Health Care   (Poland)

^h UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

ⁱ Clinical Risk Management and Patient Safety Centre   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^l Kalorama Foundation   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL HANDOVER; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSULTATION; EMOTION; EUROPEAN UNION; FAMILY; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SHIFT WORKER; SKILL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDIZATION; WORK SCHEDULE; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EUROPEAN UNION; FAMILY; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT HANDOFF; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PATIENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84871882846     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001165     Document Type: Article

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