Factors contributing to the process of intensive care patient discharge: An ethnographic study informed by activity theory

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1054-1066

  Lin, Frances ^a   Chaboyer, Wendy ^b   Wallis, Marianne ^b   Miller, Anne ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Discharge process; Ethnography; Handover; Intensive care unit (ICU); Nursing; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 84879602049     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.11.024     Document Type: Article

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