Nurses' information exchange during older patient transfer: Prevalence and associations with patient and transfer characteristics

International Journal of Integrated Care

Volumn 13, Issue JANUARY - MARCH 2, 2013, Pages

  Olsen, Rose Mari ^a   Hellzén, Ove ^b   Enmarker, Ingela ^a,c  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Centre for Care Research Mid Norway   (Norway)

Author keywords

Home care; Hospitalization; Nursing documentation; Older people; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882958971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15684156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.879     Document Type: Article

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