It's not about pager replacement: An in-depth look at the interprofessional nature of communication in healthcare

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 137-143

  Quan, Sherman D ^a   Wu, Robert C ^a,b   Rossos, Peter G ^a,b   Arany, Teri ^a   Groe, Silvi ^a   Morra, Dante ^a,b,c   Wong, Brian M ^a,b,c,d   Cavalcanti, Rodrigo ^a,b   Coke, William ^a,b   Lau, Francis Y ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL WORKER; WEB BASED MESSAGING SYSTEM;

CELLULAR PHONE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PATIENT CARE;

EID: 84874577716     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2008     Document Type: Article

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