Threats to patient safety in telenursing as revealed in Swedish telenurses' reflections on their dialogues

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 969-976

  Röing, Marta ^a   Rosenqvist, Urban ^a   K Holmström, Inger ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communication; Patient safety; Qualitative content analysis; Sweden; Telenursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE CONTENT ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TELEMEDICINE; TELENURSING;

COMMUNICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE CONTENT ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TELENURSING;

HUMANS; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SAFETY; SWEDEN; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84886601401     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/scs.12016     Document Type: Article

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