Clinical handover: An audit from Australia

Australasian Medical Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 363-371

  Pascoe, Heather ^a   Gill, Stephen D ^a   Hughes, Andrew ^a   McCall White, Martin ^a  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Communication; Handover; House medical officer; Shift to shift

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL HANDOVER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TRAINING;

EID: 84907562977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18361935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4066/AMJ.2014.2060     Document Type: Article

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