|
|
Inefficient and inappropriate discharges of patients from hospitals is a major problem for hospitals, social services and primary care. This title examines the reasons for these difficulties and considers possible solutions, providing a comrehensive overview of policy frameworks, practice issues and research findings. Key research studies throughout the text highlight the range of problematic hospital discharges and current health and social policies are evaluated against a framework based on individual, organizational and structural barriers.
| ISBN | 1857759796 | | DEWEY | 362.110941 | | ISBN13 | 9781857759792
(What's this?) | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Publisher | Radcliffe Publishing Ltd | | Pages | 176 | | Imprint | Radcliffe Publishing Ltd | | Published in | Oxford | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 230 | | Publication date | 28 Feb 2003 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly | | Library of Congress | RA971.8 | |
|
| |
| | | About the author | | | | | | Author's note | | | | | | Acknowledgements | | | | | | List of abbreviations | | | | 1 | | Introduction | | 1 | | 2 | | The policy framework: 1945-1990 | | 7 | | 3 | | The policy framework: the 1990s and beyond | | 25 | | 4 | | Research findings I | | 45 | | 5 | | Research findings II | | 73 | | 6 | | Possible solutions | | 107 | | 7 | | Conclusion | | 127 | | App. A | | Methodological issues | | 133 | | App. B | | Key milestones for intermediate care | | 137 | | | | References | | 139 | | | | Further reading | | 151 | | | | Index | | 157 |
|
|
|
|
|
Enlarge
