Home Care Safety Markers: A Scoping Review

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 126-148

  Macdonald, Marilyn ^a   Lang, Ariella ^b   Storch, Jan ^c   Stevenson, Lynn ^d   Donaldson, Susan ^e   Barber, Tanya ^a   Iaboni, Kristine ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b VON Canada   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d VANCOUVER ISLAND HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^e Canadian Home Care Association   (Canada)

Author keywords

CHF; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; congestive heart failure; COPD; home care; safety

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

CAREGIVERS; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SAFETY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84878476638     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621424.2013.783523     Document Type: Review

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