Non-attendance at a difficult-asthma clinic

Nursing Times

Volumn 109, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 12-14

  McDonough, Beverley ^a   Mault, Susan ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; DNA; Non concordance; Symptom control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING DISCIPLINE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REMINDER SYSTEM; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ASTHMA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; SPECIALTIES, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877297044     PISSN: 09547762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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