Structure and processes of interdisciplinary geriatric consultation teams in acute care hospitals: A scoping review

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 98-114

  Deschodt, Mieke ^a,b   Claes, Veerle ^a,f   Van Grootven, Bastiaan ^a,b   Van Den Heede, Koen ^c   Flamaing, Johan ^a,b   Boland, Benoit ^d,e   Milisen, Koen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c BELGIAN HEALTH CARE KNOWLEDGE CENTRE KCE   (Belgium)

^d CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aged; Geriatric assessment; Geriatric nursing; Health services for the aged; Hospitals; Referral and consultation; Scoping review

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE; CINAHL; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMBASE; EMERGENCY CARE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERIATRICS; HEAD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDLINE; MODEL; OCCUPATION; RESPONSIBILITY; SCREENING; STATISTICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSITIONAL CARE; AGED; PATIENT CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 84958279289     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.09.015     Document Type: Review

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