Safety as experienced by patients themselves: A finnish survey of the most recent period of care

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 194-203

  Sahlström, Merja ^a,b   Partanen, Pirjo ^b   Turunen, Hannele ^b  

^a Ylä Savo SOTE Joint Municipal Authority   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Patient experience; Patient participation; Patient safety; Provider patient communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EXPERIENCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PROVIDER-PATIENT COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

FINLAND; PATIENT EXPERIENCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PROVIDER-PATIENT COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900565704     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.21589     Document Type: Article

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