Appropriate and inappropriate influences on outpatient discharge decision making in dermatology: A prospective qualitative study

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 720-730

  Harun, N A ^a,b   Finlay, A Y ^a   Salek, M S ^c   Piguet, V ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; ENGLAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; SKIN DISEASES; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; CONSULTANTS; DERMATOLOGY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 84942366074     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.13946     Document Type: Article

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