Should hospitals provide all patients with single rooms?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7927, 2013, Pages

  Pennington, Hugh ^a   Isles, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSENSUS; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; NORTH AMERICA; NOTE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY;

CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PRIVACY; SCOTLAND;

EID: 84885115862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f5695     Document Type: Note

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