Causes of missed nursing care: qualitative responses to a survey of Australian nurses

Labour and Industry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 281-297

  Henderson, Julie ^a   Willis, Eileen ^a   Blackman, Ian ^a   Toffoli, Luisa ^b   Verrall, Claire ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Implicit rationing; missed care; new public management; nursing; staffing; work intensification

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034416880     PISSN: 10301763     EISSN: 23255676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10301763.2016.1257755     Document Type: Article

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