Is privacy a problem during bedside handovers? A practice-oriented discussion paper

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 26, Issue 7-8, 2019, Pages 2288-2297

  Malfait, Simon ^a,b   Van Hecke, Ann ^a,b   Van Biesen, Wim ^a,b   Eeckloo, Kristof ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bedside handover; nursing practice; privacy; professional issues; semi private rooms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NARRATIVE; NURSING PRACTICE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIVACY; UNCERTAINTY; CLINICAL HANDOVER; NURSING PROCESS;

HUMANS; NURSING PROCESS; PATIENT HANDOFF; PRIVACY;

EID: 85053341695     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733018791348     Document Type: Article

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