Patients' and carers' experiences of gaining access to acute stroke care: A qualitative study

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1033-1037

  Harrison, Madeleine ^a   Ryan, Tony ^b   Gardiner, Clare ^c   Jones, Amanda ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURVIVOR; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TIME TO TREATMENT; WORKING TIME; ACUTE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STROKE;

EID: 84887822983     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201974     Document Type: Article

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