Rethinking the discharge summary: A focus on handoff communication

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 393-398

  Lenert, Leslie A ^a   Sakaguchi, Farrant H ^a   Weir, Charlene R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL HANDOVER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; STANDARD;

COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE SUMMARIES; PATIENT HANDOFF;

EID: 84894660526     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000145     Document Type: Review

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