A critical review: A combined conceptual framework of severity of illness and clinical judgement for analysing diagnostic judgements in critical illness

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 784-798

  Coulter Smith, Margaret A ^a   Smith, Pam ^b   Crow, Rosemary ^c  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Diagnostic judgement; Patient assessment; Severity of illness

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84894272069     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12463     Document Type: Review

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